Klarinet Archive - Posting 000720.txt from 2001/01

From: rgarrett@-----.edu
Subj: RE: [kl] Mouthpieces
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 17:33:48 -0500

At 09:49 PM 1/21/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Having made the same suggestion, among others, in response to similar
>questions in the past, I need to comment here. The point of picking a
>"superstar" whose sound you admire isn't to say that his mouthpiece will
>make anyone sound like him. It makes sense, though, that if you admire a
>particular sound and would like to emulate it, you'd stand a better chance
>if you use equipment that is capable of producing that sound. What better
>proof that the equipment is _capable_ than to hear that someone else
>actually produces the desired result with it?

There are many problems with this argument - but the most compelling
argument against this idea is that most of the commercially made
mouthpieces are nothing like the prototype the mouthpiece was based
on. The second compelling argument is that many players no longer play on
the mouthpiece they designed.

For example, it is my understanding that Larry Combs does not play on his
own brand - although I could be incorrect.

Sincerely,
Roger Garrett

Roger Garrett
Clarinet Professor
Director, Symphonic Winds
Advisor, Recording Services
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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