Klarinet Archive - Posting 000869.txt from 1997/02

From: Martin Marks <mmarks@-----.NET>
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>To: "Klarinet - Clarinettist's Network" <KLARINET@-----.BITNET>
>From: Martin Marks <mmarks@-----.net>
>Subject: Re: glass mouthpieces
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>At 12:49 AM 2/25/97 -0800, you wrote:
>>Does anybody really know what they mean when they say that
>>a mouthpiece is crystal rather than glass? I doubt it.
>>What's the difference?
>>
>> --Doug
>>
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>>Doug Sears dsears@-----.org/~dsears
>>
>>I think if you tap like a wine glass that is made from fine Italian crystal
>the
>sound it makes is different than if you tap an ordinary glass. The crystal
>mpc that I use sounds darker than an O'brien which is glass. Jon Manasse
>I understand plays on an O'brien mpc. (probably a very old one) so obviously
>glass can sound great also. Other factors are involved besides the actual
>material of the mpc.(bore, baffle, facing, length of facing) etc.
>It would be interesting if anyone could actually explain the chemical
difference
>between glass and crystal and differences in the manufacturing process.
>
>Marty Marks
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