Klarinet Archive - Posting 000591.txt from 2001/03

From: rgarrett@-----.edu
Subj: Re: [kl] basset horn reeds
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 07:44:51 -0500

At 06:29 PM 03/21/2001 -0800, you wrote:
>Roger, I am not in the least looking for this or any argument. Someone
>else quoted me and you zap me for that quotation.

Well doggone it Dan..........!

I think two years ago you discussed the modern vs. non-modern basset horns
- and I used a similar example then. I can't remember if it was tongue in
cheek or not - I think it was. But it was awhile back.........

Didn't mean to ZAP you. I must admit to a bit of Tomfoolery there - a bit
of harmless stirring the pot. It may have been caused by spending too much
time in a little room in my basement painting the walls - and the fumes
finally began to have an effect......

>While I have made statements in the past about narrow bore vs large bore
>basset horns, I have made no statement in the last year at least. So are
>you criticizing me for a statement that someone else made using my
>name?

No - just criticizing the comment - and therefore the person making the
comment (not you). It should have read:

As automobiles improve in design, we can safely say that the current models
look and drive nothing like the original models. Yet - they are still
automobiles. The standard and modern Boehm clarinet is nothing like the
five key predecessor of the early 1800's, yet we still call it a
clarinet. Therefore, I would submit to you that the current Buffet
Prestige Basset Horn is a true basset horn. That it is similar in design
to the modern alto clarinet does not mean that it is an alto clarinet in F.

How's that? Please accept any appropriate apologies, groveling, bowing,
knee-scraping..........

Best wishes,
Roger Garrett

Roger Garrett
Clarinet Professor
Director, Symphonic Winds
Illinois Wesleyan University
School of Music
Bloomington, IL 61702-2900
Phone: (309) 556-3268
Fax: (309) 556-3121

From the London Daily News, circa 1926:

"The saxophone is a long metal instrument bent at both ends. It is alleged
to be musical. As regards markings, the creature has a series of tiny taps
stuck upon it, apparently at random. These taps are very sensitive: when
touched they cause the instrument to utter miserable sounds suggesting
untold agony. Sometimes it bursts into tears. At either end there is a
hole. People, sometimes for no reason at all, blow down the small end of
the saxophone which then shrieks and moans."

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