Klarinet Archive - Posting 000593.txt from 1999/06

From: GrabnerWG@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Leeson's comment was Larry combs
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 14:42:52 -0400

In a message dated 6/17/99 3:58:47 PM Central Daylight Time,
leeson@-----.edu writes:

<< Since it is not my money that you will be spending, be my guest, but
I sense a real lack of what it is you need in an instrument that you
do not now have. And that generally leads to a disappointment when
the new horn is acquired because you don't know what problem you
have solved except the ephemeral "newness" issue. >>

Dan, this is SO TRUE. Often I get the NEWNESS bug, and I have to buy the
newest best mouthpiece or ligature or barrel.

What I find however, is that the older equipment I have is most often better
than something "NEW" that I was so enthusiastic about.

For example I have acquired many ligatures over the years: Harrison, Rovner,
BG Revelation, etc.

When I honestly sit down and really listen to myself play. I find that the
ligature Frank L. Kaspar GAVE me, when I bought a mouthpiece from him in
1969, is the best overall.

Newest is nice, but frequently not the best.

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