Klarinet Archive - Posting 000012.txt from 2002/04

From: "Jeroen T. Salm" <jtsalm@-----.nl>
Subj: Re: [kl] school of playing, was Transposition
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 01:47:12 -0500

Dear (Beste) David,

Your´re the perfect mix then: native American (???), living in Germany,
playing German-French like many (professional) Dutch players! and married
with a Dutch wife (??).... :-)

BTW: Isn´t there a lot of "fuzz" in "the German clarinet society" about the
(traditional) German school (Oehler system clarinets): I read the articles
in The Clarinet (last edition) about the recent appointment of a Israelian
professor at a hochschulde (Highschool) in Germany who´s playing the French
system. He (the professor) will be paid by government money and for instance
the clarinetplayers of the Berlin Philarmonic are afraid that in the
(nearby) future the German (Oehler) system will dissapear in Germany when
"playing Oehler system" isn´t one of the requirements (for becoming a
clarinetprofessor on a German Hochschule) anymore. They (the clarinetsection
of the BPO) aren´t saying that the German system is better, but are trying
to defend a certain tradition (Germany is the only country in the world in
wich the majority of the clarinetplayers are taught on German Oehler system
clarinets and playing on them); a tradition wich should be cultivated by
Government.

I would second that opinion of the clarinetsection of the BPO, but:: I never
like it, when you do not have the freedom to choose (mmm, on the other hand:
I live in a country where "everybody" is playing on Boehm clarinets.... I
didn´t know that another clarinetsystem than Boehm existed when I was young,
so: what choise did I had then when I was 8 years old?....).
The Boehm clarinet is much easier to learn than the Oehler clarinet. Due to
that, the traditional (German) clarinetplayers think that "this virus"
(these are MY words!!) of playing on Boehm will spread rapedly and the
traditional, exeptional, typical Oehler system will vanish soon in
Germany...

Hartelijke groet van
(Yours sincerely)

Jeroen T. Salm
(The Netherlands)

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Glenn" <notestaff@-----.de>
Subject: Re: [kl] school of playing, was Transposition

> "Jeroen T. Salm" wrote:
>
> > Hi David,
> > I began clarinetplaying on Buffets. Studied (conservatory) on Wurlitzer
> > (Reform Boehm) and played on them ever since. Played a couple of years
> > Buffets Elite too. Nowadays German Reform Boehm Yamaha´s (copy of
> > Wurlitzers). (A wurlitzer C clarinet is -- for me -- too expensive. I
have a
> > E11 C clarinet.)
> > On all above mentioned clarinets a zinner mouthpiece: the same type in a
> > model for French bore and the same model for German bore, so I can use
the
> > same (german cut) reeds on both!
> >
> > groetjes back :-)
> > (how come you are able to "talk" this very cosey Dutch? :-)
> >
> > Jeroen T. Salm
> >
> > +++++++++++++
>
> Beste Jeroen,
>
> Aha, typical Dutch with Reform-Boehm! That's what I play too. Sometimes I
think
> I should have ended up in Holland. Here in Germany I'm somewhat of an
anomaly.
> Hope to hear you and your orchestra sometime!
>
> Oh, bijna vergeten! Waarom ik Nederlands kan? Omdat het van me
schoonmoeder
> moest!
>
> Groetjes again,
>
> David
>
>
>
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