Klarinet Archive - Posting 000167.txt from 1995/06

From: John Baetens <JSBtens@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Old vs. New Clarinets
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 1995 00:46:23 -0400

I have an interesting story about old clarinets. When my
daughter played in a clarinet quartet at the Solo and Ensemble
festival in Junior High school, believe it or not, one of the
members showed up without her clarinet! She had left it at
school and the school was locked. I ran home and got my
30 year old Noblet to let her use. About ten measures into
their piece, the judge stopped them and had them tune up!
After a short time of tuning he asked the group if one of them
had an older clarinet. He then gave a lecture about how the
drilling patterns of clarinets seem to change about every
20 years or so and it is difficult for someone with an older
clarinet to play in tune with newer ones.
Any comments? (Please tell me this is true. I could use
this info to talk my wife into letting me get a new clarinet!)