Klarinet Archive - Posting 000534.txt from 2000/10

From: rgarrett@-----.edu
Subj: Re: [kl] Mouthpieces - resistant or free blowing
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 13:56:32 -0400

At 01:29 PM 10/10/2000 EDT, you wrote:
>Roger said: Walter, I'm glad you had no endurance problems.>>
>
>Actually Roger, those string players had NO IDEA how shot I really was! I
was able to make it through an arduous rehearsal tho.

Could be an age-related thing ----> ; )

>Also, I'm NOT trying to sell mouthpieces. I am attempting to learn and to
share knowledge.

Of course......I was being facetious......with an underlying current of
noticing another possibility.

>For all to read, I believe that Roger is an accomplished player. I have
heard him play in real life and in recording. I also admire his mouthpiece
work.

Absolutely ditto......!

>I am merely saying what works, or seems to work best for me, at this point
in my life and at my level of musical maturity.

I know that........really!

>One of the amazing things about this whole business is the wide range of
variability can accomplish the same or equally valid results. Makes it fun,
doesn't it?

Precisely - and as we have known all along, we agree on more than we
disagree. And in fact, I'm not sure we really disagree - just have
preferences.

Now....back to nose grease.....um....I mean, lunch.

RG

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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