Klarinet Archive - Posting 000006.txt from 2010/01

From: Audrey Travis <clr91nt@-----.ca>
Subj: Re: [kl] Vienna Philharmonic
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 2010 22:02:26 -0500

Thanks, Jim
Audrey
On 2-Jan-10, at 2:17 PM, Jim Lytthans wrote:

> I think the players voted to allow inverted metal ligatures some
> years ago, instead of the traditional string. They are not Bonades,
> but are similar. They don't work with the Boehm mouthpieces well. My
> friend Michele Zukovsky can change a reed faster with her string
> than I can with a Bonade. Berlin has not made the change, yet. This
> information comes from a friend in Vienna, who shall remain
> anonymous. You know how the Viennese players are.....
>

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