Klarinet Archive - Posting 000322.txt from 2006/04

From: "Dick Williams" <dickwilliams@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] What kind of setups do famous clarinetists use?
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 00:14:12 -0400

There is a picture of Shaw's Buffet in the fall Clarinet magazine. I seem to
recall him saying something a long tome ago on the tonight show about giving
his "great Buffet" to a promising young clarinetist.

Dick Williams

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Hausmann" <bhausmann1@-----.net>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2006 8:25 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] What kind of setups do famous clarinetists use?

> At 07:21 PM 4/23/2006 -0700, Warren Rosenberg wrote:
>
>
> > > I'm curious to know what kind of setups Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw,
Larry
> > > Combs, Stanley Drucker, etc. and any other esteemed clarinetists
use/used.
> > > Did they constantly seek the "holy grail"?
> >What did Benny Goodman play? How often did he replace his instrument?
>
> For most of his career he played Selmer Balanced Tones, Centered Tones,
and
> Series 9s. The picture on the front of his recording of the Weber
> concertos (early 70's) show him holding a Series 9. Late in life he was
> turned to the Dark Side and started playing Buffets. ;-) I have seen
> pictures of him playing instruments with obvious crack repair banding
> visible. I have also read stories of him giving away the clarinet he was
> playing, knowing he could get another from Selmer any time he wanted
> one. The inference I get from this evidence is that he was not
> particularly obsessive about his instruments.
>
> I think I recall that Artie Shaw played Conns.
>
>
>
> Bill Hausmann
>
> If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!
>
>
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