Klarinet Archive - Posting 000035.txt from 1969/12

From: kurtheisig@-----.net
Subj: RE: [kl] Re: Robert McGinnis's clarinets
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500

One of my personal C clarinets is a Buffet with limited hours on it. It is a fantastic C, but so is my Amelotte, which I believe to have been made by Robert. Now THAT is OLD!!

As far as the "blown out" A lot of that is "blown in" old breakfast.

Kurt

-----Original Message-----
>From: Daniel Leeson <dnleeson@-----.net>
>Sent: Sep 20, 2007 6:22 PM
>To: klarinet@-----.org
>Subject: RE: [kl] Re: Robert McGinnis's clarinets
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>Margaret, why are you down on old horns? In what way would old horns in
>first class shape be inferior to new horns? Pitch? Resistance? Intonation?
>If these instruments (when they were playable of course) could function in a
>major American symphony orchestra, several in fact, I'm not so sure that I
>would suggest that, by age alone, they will not continue to be satisfactory,
>maybe a lot more than satisfactory. That remains to be seen. (Please don't
>tell me about instruments becoming blown out. We're old friends and I don't
>want us to argue about myths.)
>
>Dan Leeson
>dnleeson@-----.net
>SKYPE: dnleeson
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Margaret Thornhill [mailto:clarinetstudio@-----.com]
>Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 4:10 PM
>To: klarinet@-----.org
>Subject: [kl] Re: Robert McGinnis's clarinets
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>Dear Dan,
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>Thanks for sharing all this information about McGinnis, a great master.
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>I can't help but think that the value of the clarinets-even after the
>expert ministrations of Morrie--is primarily sentimental. They may be
>wonderful, but they are still old horns.
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>"Wonderful old horns" are most likely to be used by a serious younger
>student who needs some kind of scholarship aid just to acquire
>instruments suitable for college work. The folks who won the "annual
>award" at the ICA seemed to me to be pretty well fixed in terms of
>clarinet gear. You have to consider whether tying such a loan to the
>competition would be a joy-- or an obligation-- to someone with no
>direct connection?
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>My guess is that there are many former students of McGinnis on this list
>who might treasure these instruments and see that they are put into
>eager hands, possibly establishing a rotating loan for any of his
>"grandpupils" who might enjoy them.
>
>Margaret
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>Margaret Thornhill
>http://www.margaretthornhill.com
>Los Angeles
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