Klarinet Archive - Posting 000464.txt from 1996/10

From: Everett Austin <austine@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Swiss clarinettists
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 01:21:22 -0400

On Fri, 18 Oct 1996, Jeroen T. Salm wrote:

> >Morf is definitely Swiss and I believe is in either Basel or Zurich. I
> >believe that Swiss clarinetists tend to be either French or German
> >influenced (eg Brunner and Stalder both studied with Cahuzac).
> >Obviously, Switzerland has an Italian speaking population; I do not know
> >how much this segment has to do with Swiss clarinet playing though.
>
> As with Stalder: he playes Buffet, very heavy reeds but the tip is made very
> thin. B45 Vandoren mp.Sortof german sound. He once made a recording with
duets
> with karl leister! (I lost the CD--I was so kind to "give" it to a friend,
and
> never got the CD back :-(
> Brunner is on Buffet also

I have just run accross the CD you mention and it is nery nice. There are
Mozart Divertimenti for three basset horns on it, played by Stalder and
friends also. Specifically I believe Mssrs Brunner and Stalder both play
RC Prestige models. M. Stalder uses vandoren reeds and M. Brunner uses a
5RV mouthpiece with Glotin #3 reeds according to a person who took a
masterclass with him. Cahuzac also used the 5RV mouthpiece interestingly
enough and was said to have a very responsive set-up according to a couple
of references in Pamela Weston's book.

Everett Austin