Klarinet Archive - Posting 000979.txt from 1999/05

From: Richard Bush <rbushidioglot@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Idiot (was Unfeeling) Band Directors
Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 12:36:01 -0400

Kevin Fay (LCA) wrote:
>
> Jack Kissinger noted:
>
> <<<Did/do any of you on the list go to a grade/junior high/high school where
> there was/is a requirement that you have a professional clarinet? Can
> anyone on the list, from personal observation (not heresay) document the
> existence of a school district with such a requirement? Maybe I'm wrong
> about this but, if so, I would like to see some evidence.>>>
>
> There is a band director here in the Seattle area that does something like
> that. If you want to play in the "top" band at his high school, you must
> play a Buffet R-13 with a Vandoren B-45 mouthpiece. Period.
>
> It's a shame that Ricardo Morales, Larry Combs, Elsa Ludwig, Eddie Daniels,
> Tony Giggliotti et. al. would not be good enough for his wind ensemble.
>
> kjf

B-45??? Is that an airplane?

I'm sure the band director also requires all trombone players to play Bach 6
1/2 ALs and the trumpets to play on Bach 3Cs. I wonder what reeds he's pushing
down everyone's throat? Heil!

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