Klarinet Archive - Posting 000285.txt from 1996/08

From: "Dan Leeson: LEESON@-----.EDU>
Subj: Brad Behn's comments on A clarinet
Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 19:18:05 -0400

Brad responded to the same poster to whom I directed an earlier
response, but his remarks were very helpful. Mine merely indicated
why the poster's proposed solution would not work.

A number of players over the last year have posed that same solution
(i.e., finding some way to hang a string or shoelace down the center
of the instrument) but often offer a caveat. I cannot comment on
the procedure since I never tried it, but it is certainly worth a
try. (A practical question arises about how one does this thing
and I suppose that one could insert the string at the barrel before
assembly and then hold it in place by attaching the barrel, but I
never really thought about how to do this thing.)

My gut feel is that this solution is not a long term affair but I
have no evidence to support or to contradict that assertion.

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Dan Leeson, Los Altos, California
(leeson@-----.edu)
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