Klarinet Archive - Posting 000519.txt from 2000/10

From: rgarrett@-----.edu
Subj: Re: [kl] Mouthpieces - resistant or free blowing
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 11:11:46 -0400

At 10:33 AM 10/10/2000 EDT, you wrote:
>The string players that I played with commented favorably on my endurance,
saying that that was not their experience in working with other clarinetists.

Walter,

I'm glad you had no endurance problems. I haven't either in those
settings. I'm not sure the reason has anything to do with mouthpiece tip
openings or asymetrical vs. symetrical facings. Those assumptions seem
more useful in selling mouthpieces than determining reasons why we do or do
not have endurance. But who is to say unless a test is made up and employed?

Best wishes,
Roger Garrett

Roger Garrett
Professor of Clarinet
Director, Symphonic Winds
Head, Recording Studio
Illinois Wesleyan University
School of Music
Bloomington, IL 61702-2900
(309) 556-3268

"A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes
another's."
Jean Paul Richter (1763-1825)

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