Klarinet Archive - Posting 000199.txt from 1997/03

From: "David C. Blumberg" <reedman@-----.COM>
Subj: Wes Foster-teacher
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 16:10:34 -0500

I'm responsible for Wes Foster playing the Silver center cut out Bonade
Ligature, and the Prestige clarinets, he was a Yamaha Clinican before. I
played a Music Festival (Bob Marcellus-Nova Scotia Festival 1988) with Bill
Jenkins(Bass Cl. Vancouver), and he tried my setup, liked it so much that
he duplicated it, and after Wes liked it, the whole Vancouver Clarinet
section followed.

At 02:27 PM 3/5/97 -0600, Greg Barrett wrote:
>Simon Aldrich wrote:
>
>"Does anyone use a Perfectareed or any other thickness guage in making
>or adjusting his/her reeds? What have been your experiences with such
>a machine? Might anyone have one that they no longer use and might
>want to sell?"
>
>I used a PerfectaReed extensively for a year when I was an undergraduate
>at Northwestern in 1980-81. Wes Foster (now in Vancouver), was my
>teacher and recommended it. It was a helpful tool for a clarinetist
>just beginning to learn how to balance reeds. After using the
>PerfectaReed for several months I had learned how to judge my reeds by
>touch, playing feel, and visual inspection. At that point the
>PerfectaReed was unnecessary and time consuming to use.
>
>Greg Barrett
>Professor of Clarinet
>Jacksonville State University
>Alabama
>
>
David C. Blumberg
Principal Clarinet Riverside Symphonia
reedman@-----.com