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Re: advice on taking on the oehler system

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2015-01-26 16:55

My "Zukovski moment" was just a brief "hello" after a concert in Chicago, so she was probably more interested in going back to the hotel for a well deserved rest. I took enough time to compliment her wonderful performance and ended by asking how to acquire the instruments (it was only after a Netherlands Wind Ensemble concert that one of the players was able to provide a contact address). She said, and I quote, "Stick with your Buffets, they are easier."

I would like to add to the mouthpiece reference, that it IS a critical portion of the equation to the acoustic of the instrument. Of course, if you haunt German websites, you'll see that they currently make available mouthpieces for Germans that have shorter, more French style lays yet are still acoustically German (though I'm sure there is still a compromise involved). The description will say something to the affect that 'you don't have to have as much mouthpiece in your mouth.'

..............Paul Aviles

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