Klarinet Archive - Posting 000184.txt from 2000/08

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Is playing sax
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 08:22:22 -0400

At 02:47 AM 8/9/2000 -0700, Neil Leupold wrote:
>Oh yes, let us not assume that sax players are any less a bunch
>of gadget freaks than any other family of instruments, although
>there seems to be less that they can tinker with than clarinet
>players can. You don't hear about a lot of sax players turning
>their thumbrests upside down, but they're equally as fixated as
>we are on mouthpiece/reed/ligature minutiae.
>
Actually, in my experience, sax players are SLIGHTLY less fixated than
clarinetists. There are toys around for them (us), too, like different
neckstraps, key risers, etc. But when you play multiple sizes of saxes as
well as clarinets, and different mouthpieces for classical vs. jazz, that
can add up to a LOT of mouthpiece/reed/ligature combinations to work out!

Bill Hausmann NEW ADDRESS: bhausmann1@-----.com
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If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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