David M. Erato

saxophones, clarinets, flutes, bassoon

  • Direct from the press release: Mantes La Ville, August 1, 2010 – Buffet Crampon, top musical instruments manufacturer and  world leader in clarinets is acquiring Schreiber & Keilwerth, the internationally renowned German musical instruments manufacturer.  The Buffet Crampon Group, headed by…

  • As a private music teacher, I am often asked by my students how do you clean a saxophone.  We do cover things such as swabbing after use, wiping the neck tenon dry after use, and cleaning the mouthpiece regularly.  One…

  • Found this JazzTimes column from a post on the great NPR jazz blog, A Blog Supreme.  Forty jazz-related things to do before you die.  Trumpeter Ian Carey also had a humorous response to the bucket list on his blog.  It…

  • In this video, Paul Hanson breaks down three very easy to use minor pentatonic scales that sound great over a minor (dorian) mode.  Minor pentatonics are built by the using scale degrees 1, b3, 4, 5, b7.  The pentatonic scales…

  • All of my horns I have been using Hercules stands for the past five years now.  In fact, with the addition of their bassoon stand, I have a Hercules stand for each one of my axes.  Recently, I’ve had to…

  • The last decade has brought an explosion in dazzling technological advances — including enhancements in surround sound, high definition television and 3-D — that have transformed the fan’s experience. There are improvements in the quality of media everywhere — except…