Klarinet Archive - Posting 000044.txt from 2004/08

From: "Forest Aten" <forestaten@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Charles Bay Mouthpieces
Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 21:49:10 -0400

> I want to address another issue - that of J. Lawrie Bloom's supposed
> "preference" in bass mouthpieces. The bottom line is that the mouthpiece
> he plays on cannot be reproduced because the blank is no longer
> available. He settles for a Selmer that is reworked for students -
> primarily because it is the closest thing he can find to his own setup. I
> can speak for him because he told me these things over lunch this past
> summer. Lawrie only wants what works best for his students - and if
> someone can rework a Selmer and sell it to Lawrie's students at a
> reasonable cost - that's great. But let's not confuse the issue. The
> Selmer reworked blank is NOT, I repeat - IS NOT the mouthpiece that Lawrie
> prefers over all other mouthpieces. This is a mouthpiece that he
> recommends to his students.
>
> Hope this clears the air of two important and somewhat related subjects.
>
> I hope everyone is having a fantastic summer and is getting ready for
> another year of teaching, studying, playing, or vacationing!!! Please
stay
> in touch.
>
> Best wishes,
> Roger Garrett
> Professor of Clarinet
> Director, Symphonic Winds
> Illinois Wesleyan University

Roger,

But...

I'd like to say that the, (as you say), "Selmer reworked blank" IS my
preference and the preferred mouthpiece of/by a lot of professional players
currently.....and especially when the rework is done by Clark Fobes.

Forest Aten
Clarinet/bass clarinet
Dallas Opera

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