Klarinet Archive - Posting 000472.txt from 1996/08

From: niethamer@-----.EDU
Subj: Re: final clarification requested
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 22:18:15 -0400

Bill - my understanding from the "dark ages" of the early 70's was that
the "F" series serial numbers were for a European distribution
instrument, which had the register tube placed higher on the body of the
instrument. This fixed some of the tuning of various "12ths" on the
instrument, but, there being no free luch (even in France!), the negative
impact was that the throat Bb was sharper than on the R-13.

Maybe some of the techs on the list could elaborate a bit more.

David Niethamer

On Fri, 16 Aug 1996, Fogle, Bill wrote:

> I've followed the Frenchification thread because I think
> it's pretty interesting but I'm still in the dark. Maybe
> somebody can help me out. The "F" series (?) is
> or *was* Buffet's "European" bore (like RC) and
> the R-13 is the "American" bore, then? I hadn't realized
> the R-13 was an "Americanism" as such. I would have said the
> design, compared to Boosey & Hawkes and German
> clarinets, was super-French. I understood that a
> "French" bore was the narrow(er) bore now used most
> widely (with the Caree et al. modifications). Apologies
> to those for whom this topic is a "bore"!!! I would like to
> know. What is an "American" bore? (me?). ----Bill Fogle.
>