Klarinet Archive - Posting 000113.txt from 2010/12

From: Martin Marks <martymarks@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Goodman Surgery?
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2010 22:20:12 -0500

Now this makes sense!,=A0
Thanks

On Dec 17, 2010, at 12:03 PM, Rick Janowski <rick@-----.com> wrote:

The story has been often quoted The most authentic-seeming reference I =

can find is in a Time magazine article from 1953 for which the reporter =

interviewed Goodman at his home. The part about the calluses is not a =

direct quote, but seems to come from close enough to the original source =

that it appears very plausible.

The word surgical does not appear per se - it says: "Learning to =

double-lip like Kell meant learning the clarinet all over again from =

scratch; it brought a different set of facial muscles into play, and =

required a subtly different fingering technique. Benny had his old =

finger calluses removed by a doctor, and then buckled down, at 40, to =

relearning his lifework, acquiring a new set of calluses and an even =

more controlled technique." =

(http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,817624-1,00.html)

-Rick

On 12/17/2010 5:46 AM, Martin Marks wrote:
> I"m sorry, this finger surgery to remove callouses makes no sense at all.=
Goodman's early lessons were with a symphony player. He must have learned =
the correct fingerings. It's common knowledge that Kell changed his embouch=
ure but how and why would he have changed his fingerings? And an operation =
to remove callouses? Give me a break! How can this be valid.
> martinm
>
> On Dec 16, 2010, at 09:30 PM, Bill Hausmann<bhausmann1@-----.net> wrote:
>
> The obit was pretty good on the other facts, so I suppose this is valid. I
> know Kell switched him to double lip. Some say he never sounded as good
> after that. I tend to agree.
>
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