Klarinet Archive - Posting 000662.txt from 2000/11

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: Re: [kl] Tony Pay Question
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 16:05:41 -0500

On Sun, 19 Nov 2000 23:38:08 -0500, clarinet@-----.net said:

> Tony Pay asked, concerning the use of string to lower the pitch of a
> clarinet:
>
> > Does anyone happen to know when and where the technique is first
> > mentioned in the literature? Or if indeed it is mentioned?
>
> Other than on this list, the only time I recall seeing anything about
> this technique was in one of Jack Brymer's books, I believe, "From
> Where I Sit."

[snip]

> I haven't heard anything about Brymer on this side of the water in a
> long time, but know he had his 80th birthday a number of years ago.
> If he is still in good health, you could ask him where he heard of the
> technique.
>
> I can probably borrow his book if you would like an exact quotation.

Thanks, Don, I may ask him.

But I can't remember where *I* heard of it, so it might not be much
help. I was really thinking of much older material -- like Lefevre, and
so on.

Tony
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