Klarinet Archive - Posting 000409.txt from 2002/12
From: "Daniluk, Bill" <bdaniluk@-----.com> Subj: [kl] FW: [kl] FW: [kl] Switching to Legeres Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 17:20:53 -0500
I think that your son proved that it is possible to sound "good enough" for
a short period of time to risk something that could be a lifelong benefit
(though I suspect much more credit is due to his talent and work than to his
reed, not to mention his flexibility and grace under pressure!). The
consistency of the Légère is that of a particular reed - there is a fair
amount of variation from reed to reed, especially if you experiment with
different strengths. Imagine finding several reeds with differing qualities
which address different playing situations, then having those reeds maintain
those qualities over a period of months, and even years. That is payback.
BD
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From: Mark Charette [mailto:charette@-----.org]
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Subject: Re: [kl] FW: [kl] Switching to Legeres
On Mon, 16 Dec 2002, Daniluk, Bill wrote:
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> What risk?
The risk of not sounding as good as you should for a several weeks, along
with the fact that even after that time you may not be creating the sound
that you like. The people paying you expect perfection or nearly so every
day, and teachers at the conservatory level have high demands of their
student's sound. That's the reason that people have more than one reed;
the Legere is not the tonally perfect reed every day of the week. A
selection of reeds may get you closer, and the one thing that Legeres
_don't_ have is variability. That's their good and bad point.
Mark C.
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