Klarinet Archive - Posting 000175.txt from 2005/08

From: "Hinsons" <bud@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Ah, ligatures....Gold vs. Silver
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 16:35:31 -0400

I would like to add that the best performers I've known believed in their
ability to play beyond the limitations of their equipment. I read a story
once of a clarinet player who picked up a student quality instrument while
on a factory tour and told the workers he would perform that evening in the
symphony with their clarinet. He did...and many of them came and reported it
was a brilliant performance.
Donald
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From: "dnleeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
To: "klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 4:07 PM
Subject: FW: [kl] Ah, ligatures....Gold vs. Silver

> Let me modify my statement below. If you have something on your
> instrument because you think it makes the toute ensemble look
> classy, attractive, beautiful, etc., then maybe that feeling
> might permit you to play better, though the object itself is
> unlikely to add any value at all outside of the thing that it was
> designed to do.
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> I used that have my nails manicured before a big concert becaust
> I thought that it made my hands be placed more carefully. It was
> probably a lot of crap, but I thought so and maybe it did make
> some positive difference.
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> Dan Leeson
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> From: dnleeson [mailto:dnleeson@-----.net]
> Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 12:50 PM
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> Subject: RE: [kl] Ah, ligatures....Gold vs. Silver
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> It is perfrectly reasonable to use any physical aspect of the
> clarinet (such as the ligature, for example) because you like how
> it looks, I have golden keys on my basset horn. I'm crazy about
> the new barrels and bells and I would not mind putting diamonds
> in my bell ring. But when one begins thinking that this sort of
> thing has some positive impact on one's playing, that is the time
> to inspect the head for holes.
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> Dan Leeson
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