Klarinet Archive - Posting 000014.txt from 2000/02

From: alevin@-----. Levin)
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Mouthpiece FAQ
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 13:00:06 -0500

To paraphrase: That's why they call it "playing".

At 10:06 AM 1/30/00 -0800, you wrote:
> Walter Grabner wrote: You will also choose, without realizing it, that
>you will be picking a
>clarinet that works well with THAT mouthpiece. Optimizing it, if you will.
>
>************
>
>This is what make this whole process so difficult. The clarinet, barrel,
>mouthpiece, reed, ligature, and the player are a "system." When one or
>more component is changed the interaction may be different.
>
>Since I started playing "seriously" again about four years ago I have
>changed mouthpiece, ligature, reed, clarinet, reed, reed, clarinet,
>mouthpiece, and barrel in roughly that order. I have probably changed,
>too.
>
>I suppose if the processes was easy it would take the fun out of it.
>
>Gary
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