Klarinet Archive - Posting 000242.txt from 1997/05

From: njs5@-----.uk
Subj: Re: Step 2 of n - Dan Leeson
Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 21:43:06 -0400

Ed Lacey wrote:
>I have written a couple of more lengthy messages on this topic to Dan
>privately, in addition to the exchanges which have been taking place on
>the list. I'm trying to maintain an open mind. I'm ready to be
>convinced, but so far haven't seen any evidence, or even any speculation,
>which would lead me to conclude that the clarinet of the late Baroque and
>early classical period had any more difficult problems in this regard than
>did the other woodwinds.
Yesterday I wrote: " (b) although it is true on the early flute as on the
early clarinet that the cross-fingered notes are inherently better in tune
in the higher octave than in the bottom octave, the tuning can be adjusted
without prejudice to the sound much better than it can on the clarinet.". To
me this is evidence: to Ed Lacey it may not be but he must at least regard
it as speculation- easily verified with actual early instruments. Even I as
a clarinettist can demonstrate that this is true comparing a flute, a
bassoon and a clarinet. Nick