Klarinet Archive - Posting 000798.txt from 1996/08

From: leeson@-----.E
Subj: R13 Shopping (fwd)
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 15:35:02 -0400

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>
> > From: MX%"starrs@-----.50
> > Subj: R13 shopping
>
> > In response to Dan Leeson's comments:
> >
> > No disrespect intended, but why don't all of the professional
> > orchestral clarinetists in the world(who obviously have a very
> > beautiful tone and genuine understanding of air support,
> > embouchure,etc.)play on plastic instruments that are built to play in
> > tune. These type of instruments do exist.
> >
> > Respectfully,
> >
> > Starr Schaftel Wayne
>
> There are many, many differences between a plastic instrument and
> a wooden one, but the character of tone quality is not one of them.
> For one thing, expensive wooden instruments have many physical
> refinements on them that aid in playing and this includes key design
> and placement, additional mechanisms, and craft of manufacture.
>
> Another factor is that wood is a thing of beauty and I play better
> when the think on which I execute is beautiful. Plastic is not
> very beautiful and the key work is quite unrefined. But the
> sound difference is, in my opinion, an unproven assertion.
>
>
>
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> Dan Leeson, Los Altos, California
> (leeson@-----.edu)
> ====================================