Klarinet Archive - Posting 000746.txt from 2001/01

From: Kent Krive <kkrive@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Mouthpieces
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 23:08:27 -0500

You are not incorrect, Roger.

Kent Krive

rgarrett@-----.edu wrote:
>
> 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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