Klarinet Archive - Posting 000401.txt from 1999/10

From: Audrey Travis <vsofan@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re Oboe lyre
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 12:05:36 -0400

Mitch Bassman wrote:

> At 09:28 PM 10/13/1999 +1000, Rod Ellem wrote:
> >the oboe player has been given a clarinet for
> >parade use....and she is going on parade without a reed on!!!
>
> Hmmm.... Wouldn't she get exactly the same sound using an *oboe* without a
> reed?
>
> In that case, she'd at least know the proper fingerings -- whether or not
> she used a lyre. And she wouldn't have to be issued an extra instrument.
>
> In fact, if the entire "reed" section went on parade "without a reed on,"
> it would be easy to vary the instrumentation to get the desired visual
> effect. (This could start an entirely new thread about the musicality of
> marching bands. If the oboist fingers a wrong note but she isn't using a
> reed, does it harm the music?)
>
> I always marched with a piccolo,
> Mitch

I'll redirect this question to Mark. Can you explain why I received Mitch's
email late Wednesday night and yet earlier that day I received an email in
which someone else had already responded to Mitch? In other words, Mitch's
email went out much earlier, but only arrived to me late last night.

Any answers, Mark?

Thanks.

Audrey Travis

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