Klarinet Archive - Posting 000473.txt from 2003/02

From: CBA <clarinet10001@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Legere Quebec Style Reeds
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 22:40:38 -0500

But a 5RV Lyre doesn't work for everyone. You could be taking a
setup that isn't great, and moving them further away from how
they want to sound, or away from a setup that marginally works
to one that doesn't work at all.

I don't EVER dictate what works for my students. I go with them
to try out mouthpieces and give opinions, but take the primary
reason for buying the mouthpiece as it makes playing easier and
more productive for them, which only they can tell.

Putting all of your students on a 5RV Lyre is reminiscent of the
thread we have had time and time again about the band directors
who blindly put all of their clarinet students on B45
mouthpieces, because it is a popular mouthpiece, and they
recognize the model. Usually, these teachers are not
clarinetists, but occasionally they are.

Why not let your students try out multiple brands and models and
let them decide what works for them? Do they also HAVE to play
on Buffet clarinets? Most of mine do not, because they choose,
and I let them find out what works best for them. I give them
parameters to look within, and they can choose from a list of
clarinets including Buffet, LeBlanc, Yamaha, Selmer, Patricola,
Rossi, Howarth, etc... My mouthpiece list is extensive, so I
won't do that again on the list, and also depends on their
development and budget what we look for in mouthpieces.

I believe that requiring a single model mouthpiece for all of
your students will be detrimental to at least part of your
students. I used to play on a 5RV Lyre and loved it. I can't get
the same sound out of it, nor do I want to anymore, because my
tastes changed, and so has my embouchure. I would be a student
of yours that would NOT progress if I had to use the 5RV Lyre.

Kelly Abraham
Woodwinds - New York City
--- Bill Semple <wsemple@-----.com> wrote:
> You pose an interesting thought. Some of my students come with
> such bad
> setups that I wonder they play at all. Generally, I convert
> them to a
> VanDoren V12 and a 5RVLyre because I know this setup. But
> since I have also
> become enamoured with Legeres, I wonder about taking that
> step, too. I get
> such a great sound with the Legeres, though I still have not
> been able to
> rid myself of my cane.
>
> William T. Semple
> Office: 202-364-2466
> Home: 540-364-4823
> Cell: 540-903-6645

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