Klarinet Archive - Posting 000383.txt from 2002/03

From: w6w@-----. Wright)
Subj: [kl] Technique vs. materials (was Gonzalez reeds)
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 19:56:25 -0500

<><> Bill=A0Hausmann wrote:
It really is not worth the effort, you know. And next year, after some
private lessons or extra practicing, you may find you need a stiffer
reed on, say, your Bb. Then what?

The lesson that I learned when Tony Pay played my "bulbous bell" was
that he could accomplish the same shift in tone with an ordinary flared
bell. His final comment was (paraphrased):

"I can imagine situations where this sound would be nice, but you can
hear [....and I could hear it] that I can get the sound simply by
adjusting my embouchure/oral cavity/etc. So why should I complicate
things with an extra piece of equipment?"

Of course, I can't do what Tony can, and therefore I _need_ the
equipment. I suspect that for many of us, reed choice is a similar
sort of necessity, which virtuosos don't need. So - do you do without
the sound that you want, in hopes that, someday, you'll be able to
achieve it unassisted, or do you go for the equipment which gives you
want you want today?

Cheers,
Bill

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