Klarinet Archive - Posting 000056.txt from 1996/06

From: "Fogle, Bill" <bill.fogle@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: clarinet lifetime?
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 1996 14:10:12 -0400

Wagner wrote----

>Since a long time ago, I've got a question twisting in my head:
>at the same maintenance conditions which sounds better: an old or a new
>clarinet? (The old violins sound better...)
>
>And... what is the "lifetime" of a Buffet?

I don't know anything about the violins. There is a new and interesting book
out called [something like] "Out Of The Wood" that talks about violin wood,
instrument making (no clarinet dicussion, though). I think considered purely
musically, a new high-quality instrument is always the best. I also think
that "attitude" about one's instrument has a profound influence upon the
playing. To some people the loveliness of an old instrument is unavoidable,
and brings out *their* best work.
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Bill Fogle
Washington, DC
bill.fogle@-----.com
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