Klarinet Archive - Posting 000554.txt from 1999/02

From: George Kidder <gkidder@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] David Pino's Book
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 22:55:12 -0500

At 04:58 PM 2/14/99 -0500, you wrote:
>On Sun, 14 Feb 1999, Richard Bush wrote:
>
>> George Lin wrote:
>>
>> > You can also find it at Amazon.com. I ordereed mine several weeks ago
>> > and it arrived in two days.
>> >
>> > George
>> >
>> > Faifax, VA
>> >
>> George,
>>
>> Could you please tell us what kind of information is in David Pino's
>> book on clarinets. Do you recommend it for those who like to collect
>> neat books on this subject?
>>
>> You get to be the critic. Tell us what is good about it, what you like.
>> Tell us where the book might fall short of its intended purpose.
>>
>> Looking forward to your response.
>>
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>Richard,
>
>I have not had a chance to read the book, yet. But if you are familiar
>with Ketih Stein's The Art of Clarinet Playing, this book is simliar to
>it. It discusses clarinet selection, reed selection, moutpieces,
>technique, style, trends, pedagogy (teaching), etc. For roughly $12, I
>think it is worth it. I would recommend the Stein book, first. The Pino
>book covers a lot of the same stuff, but it is also a good read (so far)
>
>George
>
>Just as it happens, I have the ISU library's copy checked out at present
(rereading it after 2 years or so). --> IMHO <-- it is a worthwhile read,
and when I find a bookseller with the Dover reprint, I'll buy it. The
original was copyright in 1980, which must make it one of the more modern
things Dover has ever reprinted. It is written in a relaxed, rather than a
scholarly, manner. It is necessarily somewhat dated, but still very
interesting, reflecting as it does a personal viewpoint, and not pretending
to anything else. Pino is a "bore-oiler" (olive oil, even) a
string-ligature user (part of Ch 2 is entitled "Ligatures (or How to Play
Clarinet on a Shoestring)", anti-vibrato (with some very limited
exceptions), and gives some rather detailed discussions for making reeds
from blanks and adjusting commercial reeds ("Next, remember always to view
these new reeds as unfinished products.") He is of the opinion that reed
making has deteriorated badly during his lifetime; "Much has been said in
the past about holding a reed up to the light to look for a 'V' or 'U' shape
in the heart of the reed. This was a good idea when reeds were being
properly manufactured, but reed cane varies so much today that reed
selection by 'looks' has become (ital.) completely futile. (ital. end)" And
so on. There is a fingering chart with personal comments and the usual
abbreviated list of clarinet literature. You don't have to agree with
everything he says to find it interesting.

The similarities to the Stein book are understandable - Pino's book is
dedicated to Keith Stein.

George K.
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