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Re: Everett R. Matson - information!

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2015-05-10 01:53

It may be a distinction without a difference for your purpose, but AFAIK Matsen didn't make mouthpieces. He was highly skilled at refacing and restoring worn and damaged mouthpieces. He also could make a perfectly good mouthpiece better for an individual player by adjusting its dimensions to better suit the player's wants or needs.

FWIW, his background, if I remember correctly, was in engineering. (Someone else may correct me if that's wrong). He was not a particularly accomplished clarinetist - I'm not even certain that he played the clarinet beyond the rudimentary skills he needed to play-test the mouthpieces he worked with. Often the owner of the mouthpiece was sitting right next to him and did all the testing. "Matt" just listened and acted on the player's reaction to how the mouthpiece played.

His skill and reputation were, as far as I was aware as a young player (I last saw him in the 1970s), unique for the time. I hope you can find a copy of deKant's article. Maybe the ICA has archived it. It should have been a fascinating interview.

Karl

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