Klarinet Archive - Posting 000240.txt from 2003/01

From: Robert Howe <arehow@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Re: Mazzeo clarinet
Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 10:52:38 -0500

Hi all,

Anyone with a Mazzeo clarinet to sell, in any key, is invited to write me
privately. I do not have one in my collection.

I don't understand why people find it so difficult to adapt to different
fingering systems (ie, "turning the clutch" to play with Boehm fingerings).
As Mazzeo points out in his book, one only acquires a habit by repetition.
If you want to play a Mazzeo or Muller or 6-key or Albert or Clinton or
McIntyre clarinet, just play it for an hour, learn the fingerings, and
you've got a skill for life.

Robert Howe
Wilbraham, MA

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