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Re: superhuman intonation/marcellus

Author: Ed
Date: 2003-03-24 00:11

While I agree completely with James that great players make the equipment work and there is no magic bullet, a player at that level does spend some time choosing good stuff and having it tweaked. In Marcellus case it was the Kapar-Cicero mouthpiece, Morre reeds, and horns which I believe had been worked on by Moennig. Once in a lesson I recall playing something and used the standard high F# altissimo fingering and failed to voice it enough to have it completely in tune. He reminded me to get the pitch up and said "and if you can't get it in tune on your instrument, go throw it into Lake Michigan"

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