Klarinet Archive - Posting 000271.txt from 2004/08

From: "Blake Arrington" <klarinetteman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Morrie's contribution
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 10:27:24 -0400

Nancy said:

If you try them and can't tell a difference in your playing, then you aren't
playing at a level that warrants their use.

I can't completely agree with this Nancy. A collegue and I stood for 20-30
minutes listening to Larry Combs try bells. You could tell he was a
skeptic. When he played through some excerpts, such as Brahms 3, and Carmen
you could tell a difference, but not much. One bell that Morrie claimed had
great projection actually seemed to be more diffuse and didn't have the
carry of the original Leblanc bell. I don't know if Larry Combs walked away
with any of the bells, but hearing Morrie say that you could get a different
bell and barrel combination for different repertoire...that made me laugh.
Ricardo obviously has enough money to purchase 10 bell/barrel combinations
for different repertoire. As for myself, I would rather have a barrel/bell
combination that plays all the repertoire well.

Still a skeptic,

Blake Arrington

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