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Author: fredackerman
Date: 2005-03-23 02:15
I have a question for the professional musicians on this board regarding their dealing with backup Clarinet's and other playing accessories. Do you guys & gals stick with the exact same horn models, mouthpieces, ligatures and reeds while performing a concert? In my world when I prepare for a shoot I take four sets of backups that match exactly.. Nikon Bodies, lenses, flash, sync cords etc. This way in case of equipment failure I can switch instantly without a learning curve to contend with. How do you handle it? Fred
Fred
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Author: hartt
Date: 2005-03-23 02:34
I'm a NOODLER......like in Noodl'n Around........I'm not a pro.
Bodies....aside from the one God made me, I have 8 R13 Bb's and 3 A's. .....All take the same mouthpiece. All Bb's take the same bbl and all A's take the same bbl.
3 eefers take the same mp.
sax's.....3 altos take the same mp
tenor uses only one mp
sopsax uses one mp despite 3 different necks
flute.... 1 headjoint w/gold lip plate.
Nikon???.....nananano........CANON pro series 35 & digital (:o)
toot toot
regards
dennis
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Author: ron b
Date: 2005-03-23 04:02
I try to keep all my instruments in good working order. Still, I almost always have a 'spare' somewhere nearby (car trunk usually) "just in case". If you're able to have one, why not? At least it makes me feel, if not play, better 
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2005-03-23 05:19
Everything the same except for reeds. Vandoren 3s were a little too hard a month ago, a few days ago they started to be too soft.
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Author: fredackerman
Date: 2005-03-24 03:46
I guess I didn't make myself clear.. When the professional musicians on this board go to work and play at a concert or any commercial event do you have a backup instrument and is it the same vis a vis the setup etc.? I've always wondered how you guys prepare for problems!
Fred
Post Edited (2005-03-24 15:17)
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Author: Dano
Date: 2005-03-24 05:42
I can understand that as a photographer, back up equiptment is more brand specific than my clarinet situation. I would imagine that if you are shooting with a Nikon as a main camera, you do not want Canon equiptment for back up. I do not use the same exact setup for backup. I have clarinets that are the same as in two Selmer 9 and two Selmer CT but all four of them are so different from each other that it would not reason to use a Selmer 9 as main clarinet and another 9 as back up. I use a Buffet Vintage as my main horn and a Selmer 9 as my back up but have also used a CT and a Leblanc LL as back ups. I find it easy to adjust from the Buffet to the Selmer to the Leblanc in a matter of minutes as I use my main clarinet and my back ups every day at least once. That keeps my learning curve to a minimum. I just have to keep in mind what I have in my hands. I do change mouthpieces and reeds depending on clarinet.
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Author: jack
Date: 2005-03-24 05:48
Re: Hartt - "have 8 R-13's"
If you don't mind my asking: Why would you want to have EIGHT R-13's, even if money was not a factor???
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Author: GBK
Date: 2005-03-24 06:03
jack wrote:
> Why would you want to have EIGHT
> R-13's, even if money was not a factor???
Some of us own MORE than 8 R-13's ...GBK
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Author: sfalexi
Date: 2005-03-24 14:07
Jack asked . . .Quote:
If you don't mind my asking: Why would you want to have EIGHT R-13's, even if money was not a factor???
I thought the same thing about people with tons of mouthpieces, ligatures, clarinets, etc. And here's what I've come up with in one of my nights spending way too much time pondering such questions.
Even though you can only play ONE setup at a time (ONE mouthpiece, clarinet, ligature, etc), you own the others because they sound great (I mean, you wouldn't have bought it in the first place if you didn't like the way it sounded when you tried it). And once you have them, since it's a one time payment for the purchase, it's not a financial drain of any kind to hang onto it. And so you get into a mentality of, "I can't sell this. It's too good. And it's not costing me anything to hold onto it....."
Money IS a factor for me in most cases, but yet I still can't part with any of my 6 mouthpieces (wow. Didn't even realize I was up to that many!!!) I only bought them because I liked them. And I'm still managing to survive while NOT being forced to sell them, so don't see the need too.
Granted, it's a hypocritical view on my part because I really wish that some of those people that have multiple clarinets, that aren't being used, and were handpicked by them would offer them up for the rest of us to buy so that WE can have nice sounding clarinets, but I believe I can understand why they don't. And this is why I'll probably end up becoming an old, amateur-status geezer with a closet full of clarinets, a drawer full of mouthpieces, and lord knows how many ligatures.
Alexi
US Army Japan Band
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Author: fredackerman
Date: 2005-03-24 15:53
Alexi, most people in professional life that need hardware to carry out their work are just like GBK, you & me. Over the years I've accumulated much photography equipment, some of the kit is redundant [backup] but I always rotate my gear so I know all the stuff is working. Since playing the Clarinet is my passion [not my neighbors] I find myself wanting to add mouthpieces, ligatures, different reeds & anything the good Doctor sells to my small collection and I do! I now own "only" three horns, a Selmer BT, Leblanc L200 and a Selmer N, all overhauled to perfection by John Butler of Sugar Land, Texas and I'm looking to purchase more, do I really need another Clarinet? You bet!
Fred
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Author: Dano
Date: 2005-03-24 16:27
For years I have said "I have to get rid of some of these clarinets". I go to test play the ones I have not used in a long time and end up realizing that I still have it because it is another great clarinet that makes me happy. Same thing with mouthpieces. I must have 20 mouthpieces and although I haven't used some in years, I go to play them and say "no way this is leaving. I forgot how nice this setup is". Same with old cameras. Although I have a digital slr and top of the line film slr, I can't part with my Nikkormat from the 70's. I use it and remember why I love it so much. And yes, I also "need" another clarinet.
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Author: Bart Hendrix
Date: 2005-03-24 19:21
At least clarinets are easier than cameras. They don't have focusing rings that turn opposite directions depending on the manufacturer. That's why I rarely shoot both 35 and medium format on the same outing.
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