Klarinet Archive - Posting 000688.txt from 1999/05

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl]Hans Moennig's solution the Dark Clarinet Tone
Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 18:01:00 -0400

At 11:44 AM 5/15/99 EDT, Alvin Swiney wrote:
>In a message dated 5/15/99 9:20:58 AM EST, HatNYC62@-----.com writes:
>
><< One listen to the top
> artists who play them will tell you that. Despite the so-called
> 'improvements' in clarinet design over the last 30 years, I have yet to
hear
> many players improve on what Marcellus, Wright, Combs, Brody and others
were
> doing on their Buffets 30 plus years ago.
>
> David Hattner, NYC >>
>
>David, Very well said. The fact that these players along with Ralph McLane,
>Bob McGennis, and Bonade all had autographed photos holding Buffet-Moennig
>clarinets, speaks very highly of the R-13's playing potential. Such Photos
>lined the walls of the Moennig shop starting in 1926 to 1988.
>
But, you see? Moennig had to be contacted to finish the job Buffet
started! Who does the work on Selmers, Leblancs, and Yamahas to make them
play correctly on a professional level?

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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