Klarinet Archive - Posting 000584.txt from 1997/01

From: "David C. Blumberg" <reedman@-----.COM>
Subj: Wood /Plastic Clarinets-WHY?
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 08:29:30 -0500

Not wanting to throw gas on a fire that doesn't exist yet, but:
Why don't the big manufacturers copy the exact bore, tonehole placement,
etc. ,etc. on the plastic clarinets, to make the perfect clarinet -IF, and
only IF the tone is the same between wood, and plastic. And don't tell me
the equivalent of "a common cold virus cure exists, but the cold symptom
industry suppresses it".

At 11:55 AM 1/27/97 +0100, Luuk van Buul wrote:
>On Jan 25 Ken Bryson wrote:
>
>[skip]
>> I am convinced that the wooden instruments in
>>general give a superior sound (Dan?), and that is important
>>encouragement for an adult beginner. Good luck!
>>
>>Nancy
>
>Well, I don't, so we're even.
>
>No, seriously; why do you think wooden instruments give a superior sound?
>What do you mean with 'superior sound'?
>I own a Leblanc-Holton plastic clarinet and a wooden Leblanc Opus; I play
with
>pleasure on both of them. There are differences, but I don't think the
material
>is the origin of these. Bore desing and tone hole placement are the
determining
>factors. (Read the Benade book 'Introduction to musical acoustics')
>
>Luuk van Buul
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David C. Blumberg
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Principal Clarinet Riverside Symphonia
Adjunct Woodwind Instructor Univ. of Penn,. Bryn Mawr College