Klarinet Archive - Posting 000442.txt from 2002/06

From: "Forest E. Aten Jr." <forestaten@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: "Buzzy" sound ...
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 08:20:34 -0400

Selmer-Pyne-Rovner-Oliveri is not exactly a conventional setup????

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From: "The Guy on the Couch" <jnohe@-----.Edu>
Subject: Re: [kl] Re: "Buzzy" sound ...

> ANd furthermore, I'd like to add...
>
> > I absolutely agree. If you're using 90% of your reeds, then 90% of the
> > people out there could sound better than you, and it would have nothing
to do
> > with ability.
>
> This is simply NOT true - because I've run into more than one highly
> skilled clarinetist who picked up MY different instrument, with MY
> different mouthpiece, and MY different ligature, and MY different
> (inferior, commercial) reed strength/brand, and played it for a
> demonstration, and managed to sound exactly like they sounded 15 seconds
> earlier on their Selmer-Pyne-Rovner-Oliveri set up.
>
> I'm not saying that functioning, quality equipment is moot. I'm saying a
> good player should be able to create a characteristic sound by their own
> effort.
>
> J. Shouryu Nohe
> Grad Assistant, New Mexico State University
> "I think we have a ghost in our house." - Kaycee Nicole
> "I should probably be playing Buffet." - Steve Moore
>
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