Klarinet Archive - Posting 000037.txt from 2006/07

From: Tski1128@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] starting beginners with small hands
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2006 16:36:22 -0400

For small fingers nothing beats a really good C clarinet. Any of my
students that have had trouble playing a regular Bb clarinet have sounded really
great when I've handed them my Backun pimped Cocabola barrel, Tulip wood bell,
totally hot rodded Buffet RC prestige! Now this is probably overkill for any
student out there hell it's overkill for me sometimes. So I'd probably get a
Forte C clarinet, I've played one, it sounded really nice and was very easy to
play that with a Fobes Debut mouthpiece and they would have a combo that
would last for a long while. I've talked to a few band directors in Howard
County MD. almost all said they would accommodate C clarinets in their programs ie
transpose some parts. I also think it would be very easy to start most kids
in 3rd grade instead of 4th.

I would never recommend that a student start on Eb, let's face it Crappy Eb
equipment plays way worse than crappy Bb stuff! Is that statement going to
start an argument?

Tom Puwalski, former soloist with the US Army Field Band, Clarinetist with
Lox&Vodka, and Author of "The Clarinetist's Guide to Klezmer"and most recently
by the order of the wizard of Oz, for supreme intelligence, a Masters in
Clarinet performance

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