Klarinet Archive - Posting 000015.txt from 1996/10

From: "Fogle, Bill" <bill.fogle@-----.com>
Subj: Re: odd comment (acoustics)
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 18:25:32 -0400

I wrote that:
-->the competing sound robs the
-->(help me here) harshness from my clarinet sound . . . often,
--> "blocking" my sound on some days is just the
-->ticket!

Gary wrote (in part):
-->extraneous clarinet noises (reed buzzes, soft undertones,
-->air sounds, key clicks, etc.) . . .should I be concerned or figure no one
-->will ever hear them unless they are within 10 feet of me when I
-->am playing alone?

I went with a non-playing friend to a recital (at Catholic Univ. in DC,
fairly big hall). I asked afterwards what he thought of the playing.
His first comment was about the "whistling" or air-rush he could hear
because of the firm reed. Thought that ws pretty amazing.