Klarinet Archive - Posting 000097.txt from 1996/03

From: "Daniel A. Paprocki" <dap@-----.US>
Subj: different woods
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 20:35:22 -0500

I aggree with the "West Coast" Dan. The material isn't that important as
compaired to a good mouthpiece, a well adjusted reed, pads that seal, and
correct tone hole size and placement. The material difference is slightly
noticable to the player. It's neither better or worse that a clarinet is
rosewood, cocobola, grenadilla, or plastic. It's more important as to what
is in the players mind. What's their sonic picture of how they want to
sound or should I say do they have a picture?
Recorder players for years have been playing instruments of
differing materials (ebony, rosewood, pearwood, maple, plastic, etc) in
order to get a slight variation in tone color. Since the recorder is more
of a "pure" (no variations in reeds, mouthpieces, embrouchure) instrument,
it's easier to judge tone color on. I can notice a small color change
between materials.
On the clarinet, I feel this small difference in woods isn't going
to be as critical as compaired to variations in mouthpieces, reeds, bores
(french, german, and english) and embrouchures.
Bottom line is that there is no better or worse clarinet material.

Go Practice!
Dan

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Daniel A. Paprocki
dap@-----.us

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