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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000030.txt from 2007/12

From: "HAROLD" <harold@-----.br>
Subj: [DR-L] Carbon fiber mouthpieces?
Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2007 12:29:15 -0500

Herb :
It is wonderful to hear from you again. I note that the oldest trumpeter in
town was trying the latest invention while the young ones are still playing
on the inventions of the past century.The same can be said for oboe tubes in
this part of the world.!
Your open mind to innovations and enthusiasm for the latest may have been
one of the keys to your long career !

Regards,

harold

----- Original Message -----
From: "herb fawcett" <herbgosia@-----.net>
To: <doublereed@-----.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 2:54 PM
Subject: Re: [DR-L] Carbon fiber mouthpieces?

> There is a carbon fiber bocal for bassoon already and there is one made
> of
> wood. Before I would spend a lot of money on variable materials, I would
> wish for more consistency in the bore and wall thickness, irrespective of
> the materials. I have played exceptional Fox bocals made of standard
> materials and I have played lousy Heckel bocals made the same way. Every
> now and the a real "gem" emerges, and I think sometimes it is a
> serendipitous accident of manufacture.
> I commend all these guys for their experimentation and I believe the
> mysteries of the universe will ultimately yield to scientific research,
> but
> there is not enough money, time, talent, effort spent on these parameters
> because of a very small application for their findings.
> These devices we use to make music are amazing, no?
>
> Herb
>
>
> On 12/9/07 12:52 AM, "HAROLD" <harold@-----.br> wrote:
>
>> Dear Saturday List:
>> It is not only the oboe which is developing new materials for its
>> ""mouthpiece"'--the tube.
>> The other evening I sat next to a trumpet player who is using a carbon
>> fiber
>> mouthpiece and to my ears the new material has more precision and a
>> "rounder"sound than the traditional brass mouthpieces.
>> Anyone with experience in the orchestra with these "new"developments for
>> brass? And could carbon fiber,or whatever it is called in the US, be used
>> for oboe tubes or bassoon /eh bocals??
>>
>> A lovely weekend!
>>
>> Rgds,
>>
>> Harold Emert
>> Rio-Brazil
>>
>>
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