Klarinet Archive - Posting 000000.txt from 2012/02

From: Randolf Keller <randolfkeller@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Saying goodbye
Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:59:59 -0500

Dear Mr Leeson,

I am very sorry to read about your decision to leave the list.
Nevertheless, I want to say thank you for many years of interesting, valuab=
le and delightfull information around the clarinet and music in general.
Though I have never directly communicated with you, it was through this lis=
t that I learned a lot from you about issues that otherwise would never hav=
e appeared to me.
And yes, I also own a C clarinet now, mainly due to your comments, argument=
s and background information.

(and partially due to some rather successfull stock options...)

THANK YOU=A0 and enjoy your time thinking about other things than that clar=
inet stuff !

/Randolf Keller

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>
>Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:43:44 -0800
>From: "Daniel Leeson" <leesondaniel899@-----.net>
>Subject: [kl] Saying goodbye
>To: "Klarinet" <klarinet@-----.com>
>Message-ID: <E1B38E5EEB41487386BA8E57DB4F8E15@DanielPC>
>Content-Type: text/plain;=A0=A0=A0 charset=3D"us-ascii"
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>For the past year or more, I find that the topics
>on clarinet are often a restatement of topics
>there were posted two decades or more ago.
>Besides, I am so out of the world of clarinet
>playing that I don't feel I can any longer make of
>a substantive contribution.=A0 My expertise has
>always been historical and inquisitorial. I
>rarely, if ever, gave suggestions of the mechanics
>of clarinet playing because there were far too
>many list members infinitely more qualified than I
>to speak on such matters. I liked subjects like
>editions, literature, performance practice, the
>18th century, etc.
>
>
>
>Mostly, the topics for which I made a contribution
>(or at least hope that I did) were matters like
>the ubiquitous but entirely unexplained and
>unachievable "nice dark sound" as well as which
>instrument, or mouthpiece, or barrel, or body type
>enabled that "nice dark sound." I also bitched a
>lot about the arrogance of clarinetists who feel
>that the pitch of the instrument that they employ
>is their decision and not the composer's.
>
>
>
>Bottom line is that I am not enjoying myself on
>the list, partly because of the repetitive nature
>of the postings, and partly because I'm getting
>old. At 79, I find myself thinking about other
>things than reeds, stands, editions, ligatures,
>etc. =

>
>
>
>I hope that over the last quarter century (has it
>really been that long?), some few remarks I made
>were of substance, or important, or valuable, or
>whatever.=A0 =

>
>
>
>Anyone who wants to write to me is welcome to do
>so, but I'm signing off clarinet at the end of the
>week. I'm simply too pooped out to continue saying
>the same thing and the reward for making
>interesting postings (I hope) is not forthcoming.
>
>
>
>Dan Leeson
>
>email: dnleeson@-----.net
>
>alternate email: leesondaniel899@-----.net
>
>
>
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