Klarinet Archive - Posting 000215.txt from 1994/09

From: "Roger J. Shilcock" <mlfl@-----.UK>
Subj: Dan Leeson & S. Trier's wooden bells
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 1994 21:03:44 -0400

I've seen these wooden bells. I don't remember that Steve Trier said anything
about the difference in weight and balance this made, though. With a bass going
down to C, this may well not matter much; if you have a lowly instrument like
mine, going down to E flat, it certainly would - though such a bell would be
ludicrously expensive for such an instrument. I have had to stick unpleasant
substances to my metal bell to damp the buzzes it produces - quite often, it
set up resonances in the crook and did nasty things to my tooth fillings and my
embouchure.
Roger Shilcock

   
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