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Re: Something Wrong with Clarinet

Author: Bob Bernardo
Date: 2016-02-15 11:46

< Blushing > Thank you Pastor Rob and Sarah

A lot of people were so darn good to me in the past, so I'm passing on my talents when I can, most often for free or for very little money.

Hans Moenig gave me free clarinet repair lessons for a year and learning how to smoke a pipe with him! Hearing him swear in German was fun.

Iggie Gennusa gave me free clarinet lessons when I was too broke to pay him; during the summers, when attending Peabody Institute. Hearing Iggie swear in Italian was fun. I learned some colorful languages between Iggie and Hans.

Fred Ormand was the first teacher that got me to understand the clarinet at Interlochen and saved me from from walking away from music. He's also been right there with me when designing mouthpieces. He was so inspiring I was practicing 4 to 6 hours a day. Plus band and orchestra rehearsals. I simply couldn't get enough of playing, I was so addicted.

There's been others as well, Eddie Palanker, an amazing instructor and such a gifted performer. 60 plus years with the great Baltimore Sym. Surely the worlds greatest bass clarinetist and he could have sat in any major symphony playing principal with the regular clarinets.

Bob Marcellus, no words need to be said about this man. It was indeed fun smoking cigars and sipping bourbon with him.

So I feel I need to give back to the clarinet and sax world. Bob

Designer of - Vintage 1940 Cicero Mouthpieces and the La Vecchia mouthpieces

Yamaha Artist 2015

Post Edited (2016-02-15 12:34)

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