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Author: Chetclarinet
Date: 2009-11-12 14:09
I havetwo Frank Kaspar ,Chicago, clarinet mouthpieces originally designed for Robert Lindemann , Principal Clarinetist with the Chicago Symphony in the 1940's. I am curious to know if anyone has information about the original measurents of these mouthpieces, information about the relatiionship of Lidemann and Kaspar, etc. Both of the mouthpieces have an L to the left of the facing and play beautifully.
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Author: LarryBocaner ★2017
Date: 2009-11-12 19:00
Lindemann played Oehler clarinets, with, I assume, German style mouthpieces and reeds. If Frank Kaspar made some mouthpieces for him would they have been playable on French (Boehm) clarinets?
I had the pleasure of hearing RL play live on several occasions, and also on the infrequent CSO recordings with Stock and Rodzinzki. He was a marvelous clarinetist, with a clear, brilliant, yet warm sound. Bonade had great respect for him, even though their styles of playing were far different.
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2009-11-12 19:29
Everett Matson owned several of Lindemann's mouthpieces, which he showed me. They were definitely German-style mouthpieces with narrow, pointed tips and ridges to hold a string ligature. Also, they were, I believe, Ebonite, and several were in fluorescent colors of yellow and (I think) green and blue.
Ken Shaw
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Author: classicalguss
Date: 2009-11-12 20:47
"Mat" also loved Lindemann's sound, having heard him many times. It was this the love of this sound that got him to go into the whole mouthpiece thing.
A really delightful guy. I really miss him
Roy Gussman
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Author: Chetclarinet
Date: 2009-11-13 00:53
Thanks for the informative replies. I was not aware that Mr. Lindemann played German system clarinets. I bet Mr. Kaspar made these fine mouthpieces for students of Lindemann. I wonder if Mr. Lindemann had particular measurements, etc. that he requested Mr. Kaspar to use , as these mouthpieces that I have are a bit darker and seem to have a deeper baffle than typical Kaspar mouthpieces from the same era.
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Author: D Dow
Date: 2009-11-13 15:14
The old Chicago symphony (pre Reiner) was really a very Germanic sounding orchestra. Many of its players were either emigres from Germany or of families with long standing Germanic roots. Many fine conductors have worked with the CSO...some over their entire careers I would not be surprised if Oehler or Albert clarinets figured in their output prior to the 30s...
..some of these conductors are
Richard Strauss, John Williams, Arnold Schoenberg, Sergei Prokofiev, Sergei Rachmaninov, Maurice Ravel, Edward Elgar, Aaron Copland, Leonard Slatkin, André Previn, Michael Tilson Thomas, Leonard Bernstein, Leopold Stokowski, Morton Gould, Erich Leinsdorf, Walter Hendl, Eugene Ormandy, George Szell, James Levine, Barenboim, Solti, Martinon, Abbado, etc.
There are many players who feel the Chicago sound is defintely much closer to the Teutonic ideal than any other American orchestra.
David Dow
Post Edited (2009-11-13 15:22)
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2009-11-13 16:33
My mother grew up in Chicago listening to the Chicago Symphony under Frederick Stock. who lead them for 37 years, from 1905 to 1942. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Stock
She said he was German to the core, which pleased her parents, who were from Vienna.
She also said that Stock programmed the Gliere Symphony # 3 (Ilya Murometz) every year. She grew up thinking that the standard repertoire included the Beethoven 3rd, the Brahms 3rd, and the Gliere 3rd. Ilya Murometz was the legendary Russian hero http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilya_Murometz. The Gliere 3rd is a gigantic, super-romantic symphony. well worth knowing. Stokowski made it a specialty.
Ken Shaw
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