Klarinet Archive - Posting 000787.txt from 2003/08

From: "Buckman, Nancy" <nebuckman@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: [kl] 'Measuring' music (was: Rossi and Patricola vs Buffet)
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 08:41:59 -0400

<hey Ken

<that is exactly what I plan on doing. I have started getting my wife
<mentally prepared for the sticker shock and I have started a little =
"mad
<money" fund in my top desk drawer at work. I hope that I have the good =
sense
<to ask the price BEFORE the vendor hears me say WOW
<Tim P

I always have a mad money fund going. I spent most of this year's on =
barrels and bells from Morrie Backun for my Patricola clarinets. The =
huge sound from his equipment makes the clarinets more suitable for =
symphony work and I don't have to work so hard to be heard. I do more =
chamber and pit work than big orchestral stuff and that was one of the =
reasons I decided on rosewood. Now I have to save enough to buy them =
for my C clarinet. My feeling is that Morrie's stuff is the =
continuation of an accessories revolution in the clarinet world. First =
it was ligatures, and then Legeres, and now it's barrels and bells. He =
has so many different kinds and they do different things. I spent two =
days at his table playing around with all of his toys. I'm waiting for =
someone to invent a snap-on reed or an all-in-one =
reed-ligature-mouthpiece out of some cheap polymer. And how about an =
electric clarinet as flexible as an electric guitar - you know, with an =
over-the-should strap so that it is suspended from about hip level.

Nancy

Nancy E. Buckman, Technical Assistant
School of Health Professions, Wellness and Physical Education
Anne Arundel Community College
Arnold, MD 21012-1895 USA
Phone 410-777-2316 Fax 410-777-2233
E-mail nebuckman@-----.edu

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