Klarinet Archive - Posting 001532.txt from 1998/05

From: "Carl Schexnayder" <carlsche@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] watch yourself Elise
Date: Sat, 30 May 1998 23:36:28 -0400

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From: Matthew Hanson <mchanson@-----.com>
Date: Saturday, May 30, 1998 10:54 AM
Subject: [kl] watch yourself Elise

Hello Folks,

Not to disrupt your argument or anything, but I think a Selmer C* will work
on a LeBlanc EEb Contra. I'm pretty sure that's what I bought for my band
students and, (if it is), its working out just fine.

Carl Schexnayder

>>EDUCATED contra players don't refer to themselves as Eb or Bb
>>players---they play both contras, of course, as well as all of the >other
>>members of the clarinet family!
>I never said they didn't. I was merely in a discussion specifically
>about the Eb contra. :)
>>I think it was your condescending tone that irked me the most--there >are
too
>>many really educated people on this list for anyone to be talking down >to
>>anyone else.
>
>Elise, this is over the computer.. what condescending tone are you
>speaking of? And when did I talk down to Shouryu?
>
>>Yes, we ALL know that educated clarinetists use Bundy >mouthpieces!!!!!!!
>>PUH-leze! Have you measured these mpcs? What other makers' mpcs are
>they
>>better than? I'll take a nice Leblanc hard rubber contra mpc over ANY
>Bundy
>>any day!
>
>Elise, actually, yes, I have measured these mouthpieces. And there is
>this thing call REFACING.
>There is nothing wrong with using the oversized Vandoren contra reeds on
>Selmer Eb Contra mouthpieces. However, these reeds were designed for the
>Leblanc mouthpieces. Leblanc uses the same mouthpiece for both their Bb
>and Eb contra clarinets. It is also Leblanc's instrument photos that are
>used on the boxes of Vandoren reeds (not that it means anything).
>As a youth, I don't expect you to understand my statements on
>mouthpiece/reed proportion, altering reeds, instrument design, etc. but
>don't flame me for the fact that you can relate to Shouryu more than me.
>cheers!
>Matthew Hanson
>
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