Klarinet Archive - Posting 000789.txt from 1996/08

From: oberlin@-----.ED
Subj: "old" equipment (fwd)
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 15:34:53 -0400

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> 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