Klarinet Archive - Posting 000098.txt from 2006/12

From: "Keith Bowen" <bowenk@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] OK. I give up
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 18:30:48 -0500

Very true, but I swear that it was mine that he played !

Keith

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> [mailto:klarinet-return-89519-bowenk=compuserve.com@-----.org] On
> Behalf Of dnleeson
> Sent: 20 December 2006 21:41
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> Subject: RE: [kl] OK. I give up
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> It is interesting that Benjamin speaks about the aesthetics of
> instruments. There is a great deal to one's playing that derives
> from aesthetics. While I have no proof, I think I play better
> when the thing on which I am playing is physically beautiful. I
> was even going to have diamonds set in the bell of my basset
> horn, only for the aesthetic value, but then I realized that no
> one would able to afford it.
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> And I remember when Benjamin came to Las Vegas and played on my
> instrument. I always enjoyed looking at the face of someone when
> the first played the instrument. It was as if they were having
> an epiphany.
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> Dan Leeson
> DNLeeson@-----.net
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Benjamin Maas [mailto:benmaas@-----.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 12:56 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: RE: [kl] OK. I give up
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> I find all these comments by folks that have never laid eyes on
> this
> instrument rather interesting (er... Amusing?). A couple years
> back when
> Dan, Keith and Forest went to Las Vegas to play some Mozart, they
> gave a
> master class. At the conclusion of the class, they offered their
> instruments for us to play.
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> I have to say that the instruments that Dan and Keith owned were
> amongst the
> best instruments of any sort that I have ever played. The
> aesthetics of the
> instruments were unbelievable (the pictures do not do them
> justice) and they
> were very even and great sounding... As for the aesthetics, I
> generally
> don't like anything other than the "traditional" blackwood/silver
> look, but
> these were a thing of beauty.
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> I have seen the ebay auctions only wishing that I could somehow
> justify the
> expense to own what is not just a great instrument by a work of
> art. I can
> only hope that Dan can find somebody deserving that would
> appreciate such an
> instrument.
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> --Ben
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> Benjamin Maas
> Fifth Circle Audio
> Los Angeles, CA
> http://www.fifthcircle.com
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