Klarinet Archive - Posting 000758.txt from 1996/08

From: Dan Oberlin <oberlin@-----.EDU>
Subj: "old" equipment
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 07:57:08 -0400

David Hattner wrote:

>... Incidentally, I have heard some pretty impressive playing from
>players from other countries where decent equipment simply isn't
>available. Sure, once they get access to fine reeds and mouthpieces,
>they do better,...

I wonder how many of us have some really good equipment- mouthpieces,
ligatures, etc.- that we have left behind in the search for that perfect
setup and which could be put to good use by players in less fortunate
circumstances if we only knew where to send it? A couple of months ago I
heard, on Performance Today, an interview with an American conductor of,
I believe, a Ukrainian orchestra. His description of conditions over there
was wrenching. I was ready to send several boxes of reeds to their
clarinetists, but an email to Performance Today requesting the conductor's
address was unanswered. Any interest or ideas along these lines out there?

Dan Oberlin