Klarinet Archive - Posting 001013.txt from 1995/10

From: "Lorne G. Buick" <mcheramy@-----.CA>
Subj: Re: Professional Level Clarinets
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 1995 20:13:57 -0400

[Robert Spring said:]

>The horn I tried was brought into my office by a student thinking of buying
>it. It did not play well in tune with itself.

Just to add one more bit of anecdotal evidence, I tried a Howarth clarinet
in LA chez RDG (Gilbert) and was very impressed by its intonation as well
as its mechanism and craftsmanship. It also felt great soundwise- to my ear
it seemed to have a good balance of fundamental tones, upper and lower
partials (how to avoid saying it sounded dark and focussed...)- just my
subjective evaluation FWIW.

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