Klarinet Archive - Posting 000001.txt from 2004/11
From: kurtheisig@-----.net
Subj: RE: [kl] confidence in the band program
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 01:24:41 -0500
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From: Kevin Fay <kevinfay@-----.com>
Sent: Oct 31, 2004 5:45 PM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: RE: [kl] confidence in the band program
A CG Personal is a good mouthpiece, but a wee bit large for a small
6th grader. While most university teachers today steer college students
towards larger mouthpieces, Big Toilet Bowls aren't necessary to get a good
sound - Edward Lewellyn played principal in the Chicago Symphony on a
Schilke #9; Timofey Dokshitzer uses a Bach 7C, just like the one that comes
standard with every Bundy
Kevin
Certainly I avoid acrimony and debate as much as possible---was only interested in helping a teacher that wanted to excite his band---perhaps I should have replied to him directly instead of here???
I worked with Dr. Gordon for 25 years, he taught in my studios for 8, and I studied with him for 5.
Mr. Schilke was also a friend of mine, and I introduced his mouthpieces to the San Jose and Monterey Bay areas over 30 years ago. I still have Ren's large personal mouthpiece case out of which I sold MANY hundreds of his mouthpieces.
The CG personal was introduced in the early 80's, is about the same size as a 7c.... (NOT a toilet bowl. If it is large ---is the 7c large?) It is a return to Herbert L. Clarkes mouthpiece, but with a Del Staiger rim.
Dokshitzer was a protege of Claude Gordon! He and Arturo Sandoval were BOTH at one of the last Claude Gordon International Brass Camps to pay him respects and give thanks for the teaching that he had given them.
Claude always stressed putting a student on "acoustically correct equipment".
On our studio walls we keep a statement of Claude's that he said so often we had them made up and he signed them.....
"Put them on the best mouthpiece you can find and never change it!"
Our interest is in helping students. If you will remember, the school district I was mentioning had a retention rate of under 20%. When one of my college freshmen took over and did things mostly to my standards that retention rate went up to 92%.
Examples---She had six private students studying saxophone in our studios. All were in 5th grade and age 10-11.
In 5 1/2 months ALL SIX were playing at least the first of the L Bassi's 27 Virtuoso studies with good tone, intonation and phrasing. They were all working on either the Handel Sonata #3 edited by Rascher, or the Eccles Sonata edited by Rascher. One of these students the next year was doing an admirable job in learning the Paule Maurice Tableux de Province(and the Creston Sonata and others)---in SIXTH GRADE!
Expense----most student equipment is in the same price range---so why not get the best?
Kurt
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