Klarinet Archive - Posting 000145.txt from 1997/08

From: cray@-----.net (Christie Ray)
Subj: Re: mouthpiece and reed freaks
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 1997 22:07:59 -0400

In message <970805012535_-1071057353@-----.com>, GTGallant==
aol.com wrote:
> If I read another article or hear about people who make their own re=
eds or
> "reface" mouthpieces I may throw up!
Please do so in private.

This is why clarinets (all brands except maybe
> Rossi) are inferior to other wind instruments because nobody seems c=
oncerned
> with their construction. Mass production manufactures keep producin=
g garbage
> that professionals accept as "top of the line" and they seem perfect=
ly
> comfortable with that notion.

Definitely do not agree. There are very fine clarinets being produced=
. =

My humble opinion is that most players are
> afraid to turn a screw without consulting a repairman first. Fellow=

> clarinetists, the instrument is not a mystical object, bound by magi=
c and
> prayed over, but a piece of wood with metal attached to it. I'm get=
ting off
> track a little bit, sorry! I am preparing a manifesto regarding the=
new
> direction in clarinet technology that some of you may find interesti=
ng. Does
> anyone feel the same?
>Will try real hard to remember that this is just your "humble?" opini=
on.
>

   
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