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Author: Klose ★2017
Date: 2015-09-20 21:37
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Hi All,
It is always interesting to notice the new clarinet accessories used by Mr.Wenzel Fuchs. In his last concert (see pic, between lower joint and bell), I found a very new product which is called lefreQue. Please find the information on its official website: http://www.lefreque.com/
Anyone has some ideas about this product? To be honest, at first, I thought his clarinet is broken or something...:)
Lee
Post Edited (2015-09-20 21:41)
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Author: Filettofish
Date: 2015-09-20 21:50
Sounds like nonsense. I read their description of the purpose and effects of a "LefreQue." Essentially, they claim this small piece of metal is supposed to allow vibrations to transmit more freely through the instrument by using it as a bridge between two joints of an instrument.
What is interesting is that it seems like they intended the lefreQue for use with instruments primarily made of metal (saxophone, flute). I wonder if the effects would be the same on the clarinet?
Or, I suppose a better question is, are there any effects?
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Author: Arnoldstang
Date: 2015-09-20 22:11
Well as a gearhead I investigated this for flute. Bought the brass one first. I found it added more core or weight to the sound. Other people heard the difference. I proceeded to go all in by purchasing the gold plated version . I was in good company with this as I emailed the principal flutist in Amsterdam who endorsed this product. She confirmed that it worked for her. After about 6 months I found there to be no value in the product. Either my ears changed or the product had changed. A friend of mine had the same experience. However I am left with scratch marks on my flute as a momento of this experiment.
Freelance woodwind performer
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Author: seabreeze
Date: 2015-09-21 03:32
Placebo effect, do you suppose? Just as a sugar placebo pill can make a sick person look better, feel better, and even really get better, because the person believes in it, so too an inert gizmo might be able to make a person hear better, conceive of a better sound, and actually produce a better sound that others can hear--all because of the internal mental persuasion that something great is bound to happen. But, then, why no such placebo effect after six months? Maybe doubt waits in the shadows and prevents a repetition of the placebo effect in a "you fooled me once but you won't fool me again" maneuver? Or is it something else?
It was Wenzell Fuchs who said "the German sound begins in the mind," as does any other kind of clarinet sound, and the workings of the mind are--well--mysterious. Wave a wand or gesture hypnotically, and the mind either scoffs or falls under the sway of the suggestion.
Post Edited (2015-09-21 03:34)
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Author: fskelley
Date: 2015-09-21 04:29
Even more interesting to me is the "nocebo" effect, where a patient experiences an expected negative side effect of a treatment, even though they actually did not receive the medication. The same thing could certainly happen to a clarinetist told something like "I see a tiny crack on the inside of your top joint. You need to get it repaired right away, it will make your altissimo unstable." (I am completely making this up.) They find out after months of altissimo struggles there is, in fact, no crack.
Stan in Orlando
EWI 4000S with modifications
Post Edited (2015-09-21 04:52)
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Author: Jeroen
Date: 2015-09-22 11:43
I know some saxophone and flute players that are quite enthousiastic about it.
And a few clarinet players too. I tried it once (between mpc and barrel) and found the sound less sparkling. Never looked at it again.
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2015-09-22 18:04
As far as Wenzel Fuchs goes I like to look at the big picture. Here is a phenomenal musician who has a great job. And yet he experiments with different equipment, either for his benefit or for that of his students and future musicians.
I think that's a good thing.
...................Paul Aviles
Post Edited (2015-09-22 23:12)
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Author: jdbassplayer
Date: 2015-09-22 18:21
Wow and it even says in the video that it will make you play more in tune!!! I wish I knew that before I bought my Libertas otherwise I could have kept my bundy.
Now where's that snake oil I ordered?
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