Klarinet Archive - Posting 000476.txt from 1999/04

From: Bill and/or Chris <bill_chris@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Mouthpieces & Research paper (2 different questions)
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 22:49:12 -0400

There's a book called "Woodwind Instruments and Their History" by Anthony
Baines

Chris

At 00:45 4/8/99 , you wrote:
>I figured I'd kill two birds with one stone. (Or ask two questions in one
>email for those of you who are a bad shot or against killing birds...)
>
>#1 I recently tried Larry Combs LC1 and LC3 mouthpieces. I really liked
>both of them and I wondered about comparable mouthpieces. I use a Rovner
>MkIII and Vandoren V-12 2.5 reeds or sometimes 2.5 Olivieri. I know this
>question is a difficult one because there are so many variables.
>Unfortunately I live in a rural area and there is no music store within an
>1.5 hour 2 hour drive where I could try out a variety of mouthpieces and
>unfortunately shipping mouthpieces and paying the fees to try them out from
>Woodwind and Brasswind or some similar place can get expensive quickly.
>
>#2 For a research paper I wanted to follow the history of an instrument.
>Being a clarinetist and a tubaist I narrowed it down to clarinet, tuba, or
>oboe for the instrument to research. Can anybody recommend some good books
>on the history and evolution of any of these instruments? Basically I want
>to follow the instrument's evolution and some key people in its
>making/evolution. The paper does not need to go into extreme detail. The
>teacher prefers we don't use a lot of electronic sources, sticking with
>books, magazine articles, etc.
>
>Thanks in Advance,
>
>
>Justin Wood
>
>Email Address:
>olio555geocities.com
>
>
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