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Author: Jean Adler
Date: 2002-03-23 01:16
I have a question for Rossi players. I am playing on a Rossi greandilla with a Richard Hawkins mouthpiece, Joie Jolie ligature, and use a variety of reeds depending on our weather here in the tundra we call the Upper Midwest.
Are any of you familiar with the Ralph Morgan/Benny Goodman commemorative mouthpieces? I am doing a recital this fall of Goodman and Shaw pieces and am looking for a mouthpiece that will allow me to do more lip slurs and Shaw-like octave glissandos.
Also, are you using the barrel that came with the instrument? I find I never use the long barrel, but boy does this instrument play in tune, even if I am almost always using the short barrel pushed all the way in.
BTW, do the rest of you love this instrument as much as I do?
Thanks all,
Jean
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Author: Mary
Date: 2002-03-23 16:20
Hi Jean-
I use a lowly B4013, but I've been interested in trying the Hawkins mthpc- nice to hear someone finds it a good match for the Rossi. I love mine! I usually find that I use the shorter barrel, but once I warm up, I do pull it out. Good luck with the Goodman mthpc!
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Author: javier garcia
Date: 2002-03-23 20:09
I have an A rosewood, serial number F110. It went with only one barrel (longer than my Bb buffet barrel).
I love it, it's a wonderful clarinet, the only thing is throat Bb that is horrible, very very stuffy, more than on my Buffet Bb (BC20), maybe I have to clean the register hole. I use Vandoren B45, and Vandoren 2 1/2 or 3. In general, I have no problems with pitch or intonation.
Good clarineting.
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Author: kenabbott
Date: 2002-03-24 20:54
I have four barrels and usually use the shortest one. I just switched from my buttery-soft Vamdoren to my Selmer HS* to get better attacks.
I love the horn. The action is remarkable and the intonation excellent. If you have mouthpiece/barrel questions, you might ask Wojiech Komsta at Roberto's Music in NYC. He is the clarinet tech there and owns two of them. I'm sure he will have opinions.
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Author: Jean Adler
Date: 2002-03-24 23:41
In response to kenabbott. You are right about the action. If you are like me people are curious about the clarinet. All I have to do is let them hold it and try the keys and they can't believe how great it feels. I had a HS* but never liked it with any of my clarinets. I ended up giving it away to a friend whose daughter is in high school and playing on a really crappy mouthpiece.
I am always pleased when tuning...I can't tell you how many times I am nailing the note when everyone around me is pulling out and pushing in their barrels.
Do you play on rosewood or grenadilla? I tried the rosewood and thought it was the most beautiful clarinet I had ever seen. However I found the tone quality a tad too "mellow". If I could justify it I would buy an "A" in rosewood for orchestra work or chamber work.
Jean
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Author: kenabbott
Date: 2002-03-25 11:31
I play a rosewood Rossi. I agree that it is mellow.
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Author: diz
Date: 2002-03-26 03:38
Do you mean a rosewood clarinet similar to Leblanc's Symphonie VII?
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Author: kenabbott
Date: 2002-03-26 10:34
It is actually Dalbergia Stevensonee, a Honduran Rosewood. It is a highly resonant wood used for Marimbas and Contra-bass clarinets. See http://www.rossiclarinet.cl/index.html for a photo.
I collect instruments and it is easily the most beautiful instrument I own.
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Author: javier garcia
Date: 2002-03-27 01:01
Selmer made bass, contra-alto (Eb) and contrabass (Bb) in rosewood. (bass also on granadilla). French bassons are also made in rosewood (Buffet and Selmer).Some oboe's makers use now rosewood, as Rigoutat or Patricola.
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Author: tbpiercy
Date: 2002-04-05 01:49
I play on English bore rosewood Bb and A Rossi instruments. I use several different barrels sent to me by Mr. Rossi. I use a B&H mouthpiece refaced by Gervase De Peyer and on Peter Eaton mouthpieces. The instruments are incredible in their ability to allow me to be creative. The instruments are incredibly in tune and also easy to manipulate the tuning when needed. I loved them the first day I received them from Luis, and have loved picking them up every day since then. I could go on......Tom Piercy
thomaspiercy.com
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