Klarinet Archive - Posting 001356.txt from 1997/10

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Buffet Festivals
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 22:54:39 -0500

At 09:14 PM 10/28/97 -0600, Roger Garrett wrote:
>
>
>On Tue, 28 Oct 1997, Gary Hopkins wrote:
>
>> In the new Leblanc brochure the specs for the Opus and Concerto are
>> identical except for the barrel. The Opus has a reversed-taper barrel where
>> the Concerto doesn't. However, they are supposed to sound different.
>>
>> Gary
>
>Of course they are supposed to sound different...that's what a reversed
>barrel will do to an instrument....try it on any clarinet!
>
>Roger Garrett
>
Apparently these "acoustical twins" are fraternal, not identical.

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