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Re: Chedville. What's the big deal?

Author: seabreeze
Date: 2021-09-14 05:53

Ed and Hank are making a valid point. One cannot conclude that the Cheds players raved about were "overrated" and "mythical" without 1) trying their favorite Cheds and 2) listening to others play them. Since Cheds from the 20s and 30s are rare and expensive (especially those marked simply "H. Chedeville,") Farabout would have to go to considerable trouble and great expense to gather an assortment to try. This is the only EVIDENCE that a clarinetist would consider admissible. Everything else is hearsay. (Even then, of course, time and chance may have changed the way they play.)

Remember, the players were never raving about Cheds in the drawer that that they didn't play. And the later Cheds of the 40s and 50s probably need to be considered separately. They were mostly raving about their favorite Cheds from the earlier days when Henri himself was finishing them and that they often played exclusively. If you don't have those Cheds to test, the case has to be thrown out of court for lack of evidence. All you can say with assurance is "I don't know if they were any good," but "lots of mouthpiece makers thought they were and worth copying or serving as inspiration." (And many still do).

Post Edited (2021-09-14 07:14)

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