Klarinet Archive - Posting 000564.txt from 2000/08

From: Audrey Travis <vsofan@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] taking up the clarinet again
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 17:33:04 -0400

Mark and Roger
Great story. Just goes to show what we all (need to) keep reminding each other
of when we get too deeply into equipment as being the magic bullet to ultimate
gorgeous tone quality: a great player sounds like himself or herself on
WHATEVER equipment they use. Obviously there are differences and good reasons
for buying high quality stuff, but Ricardo sounds like Ricardo no matter who's
horn he's on, my teacher still sounds like himself when he plays my set up,
etc. There are other factors at work, obviously. Thanks for the story.

Audrey

Mark Charette wrote:

> From: "Audrey Travis" <vsofan@-----.com>
>
> > Neil
> > I don't know the anecdote about John Bruce Yeh's mp. Could you retell it,
> > please?
> > Thanks!
> ----
> >From the archives (http://www.sneezy.org/Databases/Logs/1997/08/001152.txt)
>
> >Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 08:09:04 -0500 (CDT)
> >From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
> >Subject: Re: Bass clar. price and more
>
> [...]
>
> A good story to relate.....which goes beyond clarinets and to mouthpieces:
>
> Lawrie Bloom, John Yeh and I were preparing a Mozart Divertimento for a
> recital on our campus two years ago. I had recently purchased a Charles
> Bay mouthpiece for my Basset Horn, and Lawrie was playing on a Robert
> Scott refaced mouthpiece on his Basset. John endoreses Yamaha, but was
> playing on the CSO's basset horn...made by Leblanc. During a break in the
> rehearsal, we were just sitting there talking about equipment, and Lawrie
> asked what mouthpiece I was using...I told him.....he said he really liked
> the sound of it as well as the Robert Scott. I turned to John and asked
> him what mouthpiece he was playing on.....he said, "Gee I don't
> know.....", took a look at the mouthpiece and said, "I think it's the
> Leblanc that came with the horn."
>
> While John could play on ANYTHING and make it sound good, it was still
> good for a laugh...and also to prove that whatever works is usually best.
>
> Roger Garrett
> Illinois Wesleyan University
>
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