Klarinet Archive - Posting 000206.txt from 2006/04

From: Joseph Wakeling <joseph.wakeling@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: McIntyre/Mazzeo
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 07:51:11 -0400

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Margaret Thornhill wrote:
> I think there are two reasons why the Mazzeo system sunk.
>
> One is that, with all due respect, Selmer had the patent, not Buffet.

My argument would be that it was simply that *it was patented*; that in
choosing Mazzeo's fingering system you were restricted in your choice of
manufacturer.

I don't think that's a good scheme for propagating an innovation of this
sort. Mazzeo's system is obviously not *necessary*; it may be
convenient or helpful in all sorts of ways, but people continue to give
amazing performances without it.

... So, it's not *that* much of what business people call a
"differential"---there's no real commercial advantage to keeping hold of
it---and restricting it just makes it difficult for people to try out.

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