Klarinet Archive - Posting 000190.txt from 1998/05

From: Lee Hickling <hickling@-----.Net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Hey - All youse Sax Professors out dere...
Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 20:06:26 -0400

Shouryu,

You asked about various brands of saxophones. I'm not a sax professor, but
I do profess the sax - alto, tenor and baritone. I'm not going to knock any
of the other brands, large or small, because for one thing I haven't played
more than half of them.

But by far the finest baritone that I ever played was a Keilworth, although
it had Herby Couf's name on it. Perfect intonation, even on the top and
bottom notes, and it blew as easy as a clarinet all the way down to Bb.
I've also spent some time with a Couf-Keilworth alto that, even though it
had seen its best days, had a tone so pure and clean it could make you cry.
If I'm ever wealthy, I'm going to have a rack of Keilworths, alto, tenor
and bari.

No, no soprano. I don't care if Bechet and Coltrane did play one, I think
they're nasty, squally things that don't do anything a clarinet can't do
better.

Lee Hickling <hickling@-----.net>

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