Klarinet Archive - Posting 000356.txt from 1998/02

From: Mark Charette <charette@-----.com>
Subj: Re: RELAX AND LIVE LONGER by ROBERT MARCELLUS
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 21:40:18 -0500

avrahm galper wrote, quoting Robert Marcellus from THE
CLARINET, 1952:
> The reed problem confronting the clarinetist today is a
> difficult one to solve, and it's more difficult to
> keep calm about it, particularly when the cane is bad
> as much of it is now.

I love it! Marcellus was complaining of the quality of
reed during his time, longing back to when the reed was
"better". We're doing the same thing now - longing back to
the early 50s "when reed was better". I'm _really_ worried
what kind of cane the next generation gets to play on :)
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