Klarinet Archive - Posting 000057.txt from 2009/10

From: "Karl Krelove" <karlkrelove@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] New A clarinet from Patricola
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:04:08 -0400

I'd love to know who this kid's teacher was who told him to look for a
bright sound! I can't remember ANYBODY in my entire 50 year acquaintance
with clarinets and clarinetists who has been interested in a bright sound -
"bright" was nearly always used pejoratively and never as a goal. Maybe just
a Philadelphia thing.

<shrug> :-)

Karl

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Leeson [mailto:dnleeson@-----.net]
> Within 10 minutes another young student came in asking for a clarinet
> with a
> bright sound. The same salesman took the same clarinet out and told
> the
> student that its sound was as bright as the sun at midday. "You need to
> play
> this instrument with sunglasses on," said the salesman. The student
> was so
> impressed, that he bought the instrument.
>
> Dan Leeson

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