Klarinet Archive - Posting 000643.txt from 1997/01

From: Daniel Abramovich <dabramov@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Wood Vs Plastic
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 13:37:00 -0500

> Ben> the normal R-13. the clear clarinet is a similar story....As a
> Ben> matter of fact, from what I have heard throught the grapevine,
> Ben> Giora Feidman owns a clear clarinet and occasionally uses it in
> Ben> live performances because he likes it so much.
>
> On the other hand, Giora Feidman has also a Buffet Crampon, produced
> exclusively for him, from Grenadilla wood which is over 140 years old.

Dipping way back into memory, the one time I saw Fiedman live (I was about
10 at the the time, but had just started playing so wa very attentive to
details about the clarinet) he most certainly had an opaque instrument,
but I do seem to remember he did have a crystal mouthpiece (which looks
very neat to a 10 year old who has just started the instrument).

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