Klarinet Archive - Posting 000689.txt from 2003/03

From: "Thiel, Mark" <mark.thiel@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Tuning rings, pulling out and so on
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 16:52:00 -0500

Gary Truesdail wrote:
> . . .Don't try to play a sax with a clarinet embouchure, it
>doesn't get a characteristic tone for the sax.
> . . .

And, even if you don't particulary _like_ the characteristic
tone of a sax, you won't be able to play the bottom half octave.
Yes, I know that really you meant the characteristic sound of
a _good_ sax player, if you can find one.

Mark Thiel (who played a sax in public for the first time over the
weekend, and was somewhat embarassed)

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