Author: GBK
Date: 2004-08-30 16:10
Hans Jacobs recently contacted Vladmir Simosko, author of Artie Shaw - A Musical Biography and Discography
http://www.jazzscript.co.uk/books/shawsimosko.htm
and asked him to elaborate first hand on Artie Shaw's equipment. The following reply was given. Permission has been obtained from the author to post.
"... As noted in my book somewhere, Artie always used a 6-ring "symphony"
model with the articulated G#; you can see that in the keys in many
photos, whether a Selmer or a Buffet. He showed me one he'd used: he
adjusted the horn itself, slightly, removing the tiny little key & pad
in the upper joint on those models, & plugging that hole, because it
"got in the way"! As for his mouthpieces, I did describe in there
somewhere how he'd use "stock" mouthpieces, never even "carving" them.
Of course he also endorsed a Brilhardt model mouthpiece in magazine
ads as an "Artie Shaw model mouthpiece" so maybe those were the "stock"
brand he used after those were created? Also as mentioned he never
"carved" reeds, & in the '40s used a plastic "Enduro" reed. He said
the sound you get comes from inside your head, not from your equipment!
I think he meant that both in a conceptual sense, and in the sense that
the acoustics in your skull & embouchure affect your sound as well.
Thinking about it, that seems obvious, but perhaps few realize it..."
...GBK
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