Klarinet Archive - Posting 000100.txt from 1994/04

From: Cary Karp <nrm-karp@-----.SE>
Subj: Re: T-shirts and bass clarinets
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 1994 13:57:52 -0400

On Wed, 13 Apr 1994, Claudia Zornow wrote:

> On the topic of bass clarinets, I believe that the instrument
> does make a difference: two different instruments played by
> the same person will sound and feel different. Perhaps the
> differences are not easily perceived by listeners; perhaps
> they are.

This is the absolute heart of the matter. The horn has to feel right

*** FOR YOU *** .

Comfortable players are happier players, happier players are better
players, and better players can make any instrument sound better.

This is probably the main mechanism by which a listener can hear the
difference between two different instruments in the hands of the same
player.

   
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