Klarinet Archive - Posting 000230.txt from 1996/07

From: John Verity <jverity@-----.COM>
Subj: Rico, Maneri, and stuff
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1996 02:30:47 -0400

At the risk of howls of derisive laughter:
Could someone inform this
clarinet newbie as to what the big joke is about Rico No. 2 reeds? Is
it that real players use only VanDoren No. 4's, or something macho
like that? And, am I OK if I play Rico Royal No. 2's--a minor step
up?

And while I'm here: Has anyone heard this new ECM record by Joe
Maneri, microtonal clarinetist, called Three Men Walking? It's very
out but also intriguing. He is an unsung and newly rediscovered hero
of this instrument, I read in a Harvey Pekar comic strip. Teaches at
New England Conservatory. I'd be curious to hear if anyone digs what
he is up to. I'm trying.

Finally, what does it mean when, on a newly overhauled clarinet, I
sometimes find it difficult to get low notes to sound; the
instrument sometimes acts as if the register key were open, which it
ain't. It's almost as if the reed had a memory of its own,
refusing to jump down into the lower register. This didn't happen so
much, if ever, before the overhaul, which entailed only a few new pads
and some cork here and there. And, like I said, a No. 2 reed is
involved -- too soft?

Thanks in advance,
John/NYC

   
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