Klarinet Archive - Posting 000422.txt from 1997/01

From: "Daniel A. Paprocki" <dap@-----.us>
Subj: Muhlfeld, string, and switching clarinets
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 12:15:40 -0500

Does anyone know if maybe it was standard practice in Muhlfeld's days to
have another mouthpiece on your A clarinet, so that to switch clarinets you
just put the Bb down and picked up the A without switching mouthpieces? I
know that if I'm doing a solo on mainly Bb or A, I will set up my reed to
be optimal on that particular clarinet. Maybe that is what was done at
that time. Also didn't Muhfled use a string ligature (I think I remember
this from some pictures)? I've played off and on with a string ligature
and have ended up with a handfull of mouthpiece, reed, and string (not in a
concert) when switching instruments, so maybe he just had both clarinets
set with their own mouthpiece and reed. This could be the answer to the
bad switch in the Brahms 3.

Dan

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Daniel A. Paprocki
Instructor of Clarinet
Malone College
Kent State University - Stark Campus
dap@-----.us

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