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Philadelphia Orchestra Principal Clarinetist Making His Own Sound

WRTI Your Classical and Jazz Source | By Susan Lewis
Published February 17, 2014 at 7:00 AM EST
Clarinetist Ricardo Morales

Musicians are, understandably, very particular about the instruments they play. As WRTI’s Susan Lewis reports, a principal player in the Philadelphia Orchestra was so interested in refining his instrument, he wound up creating a whole line of clarinets.

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Listen to Susan's interview with Philadelphia Orchestra Principal Clarinet Ricardo Morales about how his playing led to manufacturing clarinets.
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Susan Lewis
Susan writes and produces stories about music and the arts. She’s host and producer of WRTI’s TIME IN online interview series, and contributes weekly intermission interviews for The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert series. She’s also been a regular host of WRTI’s Live from the Performance Studio sessions.
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