Klarinet Archive - Posting 000990.txt from 1997/09

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Tight seal (not all players like that)
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 00:08:59 -0400

I'm sorry, but a "little give in the seal" must be interpreted incorrectly
by Michel Zukovsky. Liquid connections only happen with tight
seals....not with leaks. This is a fact.....can't be argued.

Roger Garrett

On Sun, 21 Sep 1997, David C. Blumberg wrote:

> There are even some players who don't like a real tight seal. I'm friends
> with Michele Zukovsky, and she doesn't like a tight seal. She feels that it
> makes for more liquid connections if there is a little give in the seal.
> I myself like a really tight seal.
>
> David C. Blumberg
>
>
>
> Roger wrote:
> Not only is this a constant, it is the constant Bill Brannen uses in his
> new instrument service, based on the principal that a horn that seals
> correctly (and I use the word "correctly" in a broad application here)
> will play better than one that does not.
>
> I told the listserv that I will not argue the point of materials, etc.
> again. My posting is to help clear up any confusion that Susan may feel
> regarding the discussion she has alluded to.
>
> Roger Garrett
>
>