Klarinet Archive - Posting 000246.txt from 2003/12

From: Audrey Travis <vsofan@-----.ca>
Subj: Re: [kl] Marcellus Mouthpiece
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 01:00:19 -0500

> Right on!!

Audrey

>
>
> It's about time that someone outed Greg Smith. I've had a simply *terrible*
> time picking out one of his mouthpieces. His quality control must suck,
> since he doesn't even trust himself - when you order a mouthpiece, he always
> sends you three hoping one might pass muster. Then you have only two weeks
> to pick one - sheer torture, let me tell you.
>
> I must not be discerning, since every time I try them out they all seem to
> work just fine. In the end, I couldn't pick one, so now I've got a 1+
> Chedeville model that I use for chamber work, a Cicero Kaspar copy for the
> orchestra, and a nifty little bomb that perches on the top of my eepher.
> Not that I particularly like them, mind you - It's just that I haven't found
> any others that I like any better.
>
> I agree with you about Greg's sound, though. It's not "particularly good."
> (I'd file it under "exquisite" or perhaps "sublime" myself.) Someone must
> have liked it for him to score those gigs, I guess, but no accounting for
> what some people like.
>
> Solti was always rather tasteless, don't you think?
>
> kjf
>
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