Klarinet Archive - Posting 000317.txt from 2001/05

From: rgarrett@-----.edu
Subj: Re: [kl] Materials (was[kl] buffet clarinets)
Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 08:15:25 -0400

At 07:03 AM 05/11/2001 -0400, you wrote:
But can you "feel" the difference between really GOOD wood and so-so
wood? Or between wood and Greenline material? Or are such feelings, as I
suspect, mostly psychological? If your fingers can actually feel the
difference when playing, such hypersensitivity must cause you AGONY when
performing even the most mundane household tasks.

My response:

Richard Hawkins is the person I quoted. And we were specifically
discussing the Greenline R-13 vs. the R-13 wood clarinet.

I never said it was the fingers that feel the difference. And no, the
difference is most definitely psychological.

I experience quite a bit of agony mopping the bathroom and kitchen
yesterday. However, I doubt it had much to do with the material of the mop
handle.

Best wishes,
Roger Garrett

Roger Garrett
Clarinet Professor
Director, Symphonic Winds
Illinois Wesleyan University
School of Music
Bloomington, IL 61702-2900
Phone: (309) 556-3268
Fax: (309) 556-3121

"A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes
another's."
Jean Paul Richter (1763-1825)

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