Klarinet Archive - Posting 000485.txt from 1996/11

From: Roger Shilcock
Subj: Re Patricia Brown and Roger Shilcock's comments (fwd)
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 10:47:40 -0500

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Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 09:07:22 EST
From: Dan Leeson: LEESON@-----.UK>
Subject: Re Patricia Brown and Roger Shilcock's comments

Patricia brings up the very important issue of "reed on top". And
Roger suggests that someone stated that Stadler played that way.

It wasn't me. I don't know anything about the mechanics of
Stadler's set up.

I once tried a reed on top technique and I couldn't tongue the
instrument at all. I couldn't do anything. There has to be
more to it than simply turning the mouthpiece upside down.

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Dan Leeson, Los Altos, California
(leeson@-----.edu)
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Belated comment - I actually thought Dan (or somebody else, evidently)
had suggested Stadler played with the reed *underneath* and was one of
the first to do so. Do those pictures of Stadler from Riga give any clue?
Do any "authentic" players try the "reed-on-top" method these days, with
a classical style mouthpiece? One clear requirement would (I think) be a
very long scrape on the reed.
Roger Shilcock