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Re: Steve Cohen's setup

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2022-05-16 23:13

It may not be possible to pin point a specific "set up." There have been a few stories I've heard over the years that my feeble brain has held on to. The first was that when he was with the Cleveland Symphony he was dabbling in mouthpiece refacing. The story goes that in the middle of a performance during a moment with no music to play, he would take his mouthpiece off the instrument and do some refacing work and put it back on to play the rest of the concert. The other came from the Buffet boutique in New York (when there was still a Buffet boutique in New York). I was told he played on a 62mm barrel. While most players who would need a 62mm barrel would be playing incorrectly, he (I was told) was playing "low" correctly.

I don't know if there is anything to be gained from following another's specific lead, but it may be interesting to know.

..................Paul Aviles

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