Klarinet Archive - Posting 000171.txt from 1995/08

From: Jim Freeman <collnjim@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Bass clarinets
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 1995 02:19:31 -0400

On Thu, 10 Aug 1995, CLARK FOBES wrote:

> You wrote:
> >
> >I'm a post-college clarinetist, but I play a lot of bass. While I was
> at KU,
> >I played one of their Selmer extended range horns with the complete
> Bay setup
> >(the neck, mouthpiece, and lig.) I felt I was able to get a big
> resonant
> >tone on this particular setup, but I would like to hear from other
> >professional bass clarinetists on their prefrences. I did study about
> a
> >semester from Tom Aber in Kansas City. He plays on the Selmer, but
> other
> >than that I think the setup is standard. (GREAT PLAYER!!!)
> >
> >Beth Morgenroth
> >
> I believe Tom owns a mouthpiece that I made. I am not certain if he is
> still using it.
> Clark W Fobes
> I use one of clark's BC mouthpieces (also soprano cl. m'piece [in SF,
we call this getting Fobsed]). i don't play tons of bass (thank god),
but this is one of the few bass mouthpieces I've tried that keeps the
eric dolphy from creeping into my bass tone. it's a refined,
easy-to-play mouthpiece.

Jim Freeman (collnjim@-----.edu)