Klarinet Archive - Posting 000171.txt from 2011/01

From: Walter Grabner <grabnerwg@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] sax/clarinet double
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 14:57:20 -0500

Dan says:

<<I speak about doubling of bass clarinet with E-flat clarinet,
something found in the Mahler symphonies, and also in contemporary
music.>>

It was exactly this situation which got me initially interested in
mouthpiece work. At the time, my position in the Toledo Symphony
required a lot of switches like this.

I went to see Elmer Aiello, who was in charge of mouthpiece production
(and a lot of other things) at Leblanc in Kenosha WI, to get
mouthpieces to ease the switch between Eb, Bb, A, and bass. He made me
mouthpieces that all had a similar "bite", which really helped me a
lot. In the process, he gave me my first lesson in mouthpiece
refacing.

Walter Grabner
www.clarinetxpress.com
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