Klarinet Archive - Posting 000289.txt from 1998/01

From: "reedy" <mwhight@-----.uk>
Subj: RE;RE The Darkside
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 10:34:24 -0500

Thanks Bill
Hope you get on to your 1010 soon!
I have many old 1010 mouthpieces made by Hawkes, Boosey and Hawkes, Rudall
Carte,Frank Holdsworth,Kell and others and would be glad to send some over
if you are having difficulty.In fact I also bought my 1010 second hand from
Pru Whittaker (RPO) .She has now gone on to Peter Eaton clarinets like many
ex 1010 players because they share the same flexibility with more consistent
tuning.Eaton mouthpieces go very well on 1010s as do bored out Portnoys.I
have a bored out selmer C85 120 on mine.

1010s can be played in many ways, not just a la Brymer and are a much
maligned breed.I tried Thea Kings pair which belonged to her late
husband,Frederick Thurston which had quite a close set up and produced a
rich but focused tone- not what you would normally expect but what was
originally intended.

I borrowed her old Buffets for a couple of weeks and ended up keeping them
for 8 years! They are superb instruments, not perfectly in tune but all the
more interestng because Buffet seemed to be more concerned with tonal
quality than pitch at the time.They shipped instruments with a UK stamp on
them(serial nos 140000 onwards) and now these instruments are highly sought
after.I note that they have begun to manufacture a "vintage "clarinet now
based on this design and I am going to Paris at the end of the month to try
them out as well as to talk to Leblanc about their Ambience clarinet whichis
also promising.I'll let you know how I get on.

All the best

Michael Whight