Klarinet Archive - Posting 000082.txt from 2007/03

From: "Blake Arrington" <klarinetteman@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Ted Johnson
Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 09:31:09 -0500

I thought Ted Johnson played E-flat in Cleveland? Was it a 2nd/Eb chair?

Thanks,

J. Blake Arrington
Clarinetist, The United States Air Force Band

>From: "K S" <krsmav@-----.com>
>Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
>To: klarinet@-----.org
>Subject: [kl] Ted Johnson
>Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 19:25:27 -0500
>
>harold -
>
>Ted Johnson sat second chair to Robert Marcellus in the Cleveland
>Orchestra. He was a remarkable player, who matched Marcellus
>perfectly. Kalmen Opperman loved his playing and said that he could
>have had most principal jobs if he had wanted them.
>
>He monitored this board several years ago and contributed a number of
>interesting postings. Among other things, he said that he usually
>played principal in the Cleveland Pops and that some of the important
>solos, which are indistinguishable from Marcellus, were actually his
>work.
>
>He obviously allowed his name to be put on mouthpieces, but I don't
>know whether he made them himself. Greg Smith, David Hattner or
>others who studied with Marcellus can probably tell us more.
>
>Ken Shaw
>
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