Klarinet Archive - Posting 000660.txt from 1999/11

From: Frank Galiani <fgaliani@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] How young to start clarinet?
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 22:38:30 -0500

Tim, The Lyons Clarinet is available directly from Graham Lyons. Here is
contact info:

Graham Lyons
West Flat, Whitwell Hall, Whitwell-on-the-Hill, Yorks YO60 7JJ, England
Tel: 011 44 1653 618085 Fax: 011 44 1653 618083

His website is:
http://www.vital.co.uk/useful/

I hope this helps. Frank Galiani

ShawThings@-----.com wrote:

> Thanks, Avrahm Galper, (15-11-99) for noting the BBC Music mag article on
> Julian Bliss who started clarinet aged FOUR (!) and was "not from a musical
> family" (which in some people's opinions, mightn't preclude possible
> descendency from Sir Arthur Bliss (1891-1975 Master of the Queen's Musik,
> 1953-).
> My own 3-year who fancies himself as a "performer" (=likes an audience) on
> (my) clarinet when he can get hold of it without my noticing. (He can
> actually manage a decent open "g"). Conventional wisdom here (Austyralia) has
> it that you shouldn't start children on brass/wind instruments until they
> have permanent teeth and that the intervening time is better spent learning
> (e.g.) keyboard and music reading skills.
> However, (depending advice which I may receive other from Klarinet listers),
> I'd like to give him a chance to try to learn early, before he gets to school
> and becomes motivated only by peer-group pressure.) This might also resolve
> whether (a) he's genuinely keen to learn or (b) whether it's the show-off
> aspect that's the real attraction. (Presently I suspect (a) is true,
> strongly motivated by (b).
> So, I have two questions:
> (1) How young to start clarinet? - Assuming that a child is really
> interested? (mine's not interested in preliminaries such as learning the
> recorder).
> (2) Where does one obtain a suitable instrument (e.g. "plastic Lyons C
> clarinet with fewer keys but authentic sound" mentioned in the BBC article).
> Any advice on either topic would be welcome.
> Thanks in advance
> Tim Shaw.
>
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