Klarinet Archive - Posting 000041.txt from 2006/07

From: Eric L Broomfield <ericcaroline@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] starting beginners with small hands
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2006 22:42:34 -0400

The Kinder Klar works just great, I have had one of them that is on its third student. With a little maintenance it works just fine.
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Eric L Broomfield
ericcaroline@-----.net
Tempe AZ

---- Tski1128@-----.com wrote:
> 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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