Klarinet Archive - Posting 000300.txt from 1997/10

From: "Dan Leeson: LEESON@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: klarinet-digest V1 #301
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 1997 18:43:39 -0400

> From: MX%"klarinet@-----.75
> Subj: Re: klarinet-digest V1 #301

>
> On Thu, 9 Oct 1997 Jrykorten@-----.com wrote:
> > If manufacturer A uses design A and gets sound A and manufacturer B uses
> > design B and gets sound B then one assumes the causative element is the
> > design.
> >
> > BUT...
> >
> > Here is the problem, who decides sound A is different from sound B? I don't
> > have a problem with this arguement as I easily hear the difference in A and
> > Bb instruments for instance, but this is a subjective judgement until we can
> > figure out how to measure these differences.
>
>
> The "who" is the person who tries the horn. Being the original poster of
> the "Leblanc Sound" thread currently being hotly debated (!!), I maintain
> that at least I (me, myself.....the person typing right now) notice a
> difference. I will say however, that the new Leblancs, that is, Leblancs
> made within the past four years or so.....do not retain the severity of
> what I consider to be the "Leblanc Sound"......for all I know, I expect to
> hear and feel such a sound/resistance in a Leblanc, I may even be
> imagining that I still hear/feel it in the new.....but...I doubt it.

A little clarification on this point: do you detect a difference
when you play the instrument or when you are listening to someone
else play the instrument (or perhaps even both conditions)?

>
> O boy......started another one didn't I!
>
> Roger Garrett
>
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Dan Leeson, Los Altos, California
Rosanne Leeson, Los Altos, California
leeson@-----.edu
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