Klarinet Archive - Posting 000119.txt from 1997/10

From: "Jeroen T. Salm" <jtsalm@-----.nl>
Subj: Re: Wurlitzer
Date: Sat, 4 Oct 1997 22:49:43 -0400

Hello,

Well, I'm still playing *some* of the D-parts of "the Sacre" on Eb-clarinet
(just the first page). I do not think *anybody* can hear the difference
between the Eb en the D (I play them both very beautiful , hihi). We still
have three concerts to go...

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| Van: Jrykorten@-----.com
| Aan: klarinet@-----.us
| Onderwerp: RE: Wurlitzer
| Datum: donderdag 2 oktober 1997 19:25
|
| Wow Jeroen,
|
| I'm very jealous of your ability to try these different clarinets! Please
| tell us something about how the Wurlitzer Clarinets sound/feel compared
to
| the Buffets. Does the reform Boem system also have additional vents for
the
| low F as I understand the Oehler does?

The Buffets feel very German: very solid and very strong: the keys are very
solid. The sound is more solid, (well: how can you discribe these things in
words....): I have the feeling that the sound travels much further, it is a
laserbeam-sound, I mean: it seems it doesn't radiate... The Buffet gives a
sound that surrounds you (radiates). Well... Also: you have much more
decibels i9n the clarinet on the Wurlitzer... When I changed to Buffet, I
had difficulties with finding reeds: I wanted the sound/resistance etc. etc
as the Wurlitzer on the Buffet, and it seems you have to play on very
strong reeds, well, no, that doesn't work: the Buffets have not so much
power...
A difficulty is the intonation on the Reform Boehm Wurlitzer: to low in the
low area and to high in upper level. Also a tendency to have an A on 443/4
Hz.

The ref.Boehm is a slightly altered i9nstrument with especially a Bb
mechanism, so the Bb is more "open" (more keys are opend as compared with
the French clarinet where only the a-vent and thumb vent opens for the
Bb'). My clarinet hasn't got a hole in the bell, but some of the Wurlitzers
have them (to get the low E higher in pitch. The "new"Buffet Elites has it
on the A-clarinet... a mechanism as the Wurlitzer oehler...)

|
| What is the price difference between the Wurlitzer and the Buffet? (In DM
or
| Guilder)
|

The difference is huge...you van buy a second hand Mercedes of the
difference...: Buffet RC/prestige compared to Herbert Wurlitzer (a set: A
and Bb) : $ 6500
(There is an alternative: Yamaha has a "copy"of the Wurlitzer (Reform
Boehm), but: not all the keys are the same, due to patents.
For instance: on Wurlitzer Ref Boehm you will hear a perfect Bb'' with:
xox[ooo wich isn't possible on your clarinet and isn't possible on the
Yamaha Reform Boehm model... BTW: an extremely beautiful Bb" and: very,
very handy in technical passage-work!!! (think about g"-Bb" tremolo)

| What types of mouthpieces do you use with the Wurlitzer? Different reeds
too?
| (German facing I assume).

Well, all different mouthpieces... Even vandoren makes them nowadays
(German facing). Lots of different types. Important: the bore has another
diameter, so your mouthpiece can't work on the Wurlitzer Ref.Boehm...
Reeds: well: I play german cut Vandorens 2,5/3

(These german cut reeds are perfect on my Buffet Prestige Eb clarinet with
B44 mp... You only have to cut some mm of the low part of the reed...)

|
| Please shield your face when you say you are playing a D clarinet part on
the
| Eb as Mr. Leeson on this list will be in it (your face as we say here in
| American slang) in approximately 3 nanoseconds. Stravinsky chose the D
for
| its sound, not the ease of playing the part.

Strawinsky would like to hear the notes come by, I mean: the good ones.
When I play the passage on original D than I will probably make a
mistake...what is better: wrong notes or the "good"instrument. BTW: when I
play Eb clarinet it seems to sound more darker than someone else...does
Strawinsky also want a partivular someone on the instruments, so he''ll
have "the "good" sound?)

|
| Jerry Korten
| NYC
|
|
| In a message dated 97-10-01 18:27:01 EDT, Jeroen write:
|
| <<
| Date: Wed, 1 Oct 1997 11:42:04 +0200
| From: "Jeroen T. Salm" <jtsalm@-----.nl>
| Subject: Re: German Systems
|
| Hello,
| Here in the Netherlands almost all the clarinettist in orchestras play
| Wurlitzer (thats a german manufacturer) but not with the german
applicatura
| (keywork), e.g. Oehler, but with a French keywork, called Reform Boehm
| (there are a few alterations compared to your Buffet Boehm system). As
| mentioned before: Georg pieterson, (solo of the Concertgebouw
orchestra),
| but also the guys from netherlnads Wind Ensemble and all the other
| orchestras.
| There is a difference between the german Reform Boehm clarinets (by
| Wurlitzer, but also by Hammerschmidt or Yamaha) and the Buffet/selmer/
etc.
| calrinets. They all go with different mouthpieces and also different
reeds.
|
| SNIP...
| >>

Jeroen T. Salm
The Netherlands
jtsalm@-----.nl

   
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