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RE: leblanc pete fountain model

Author: Robyn B.
Date: 1999-01-24 02:55

charles wrote:
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I am a admirer of pete fountain and have been trying to copy his tone for years without great success. I play on a Buffet R13 which is fine on classical music although the upper register sounds thin.Is it a characteristic of the Buffet R13 or is it me? I use a Mitchell Lurie mouthpiece and Vandoren reeds 31/2. Is the Pete fountain Leblanc clarinet what it claims to be.(fat tone)?

One of my students (who happens to be Pete Fountain's granddaughter) plays a Pete Fountain model that her grandfather gave her. I played it against my Buffet R-13, and it does have that "fat" sound that I like for jazz, but I'll take my R-13 over it for classical music. (but that's just a matter of personal preference.) However, it is a really nice clarinet!

Robyn

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