Klarinet Archive - Posting 000125.txt from 1997/11

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: Reed Strengths and types
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 1997 03:47:03 -0500

Re "Acoustically balanced": could this refer to the apparent uniformity of
tone colour of the Ridenour Leblancs over most of their range, compared
with at least some R13s??? Of course, it all depends on who's playing
them, no doubt.....
Roger Shilcock

On Tue, 4 Nov 1997, Edwin V. Lacy wrote:

> Date: Tue, 4 Nov 1997 19:13:05 -0600 (CST)
> From: "Edwin V. Lacy" <el2@-----.edu>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.us
> To: klarinet@-----.us
> Subject: Re: Reed Strengths and types
>
> On Tue, 4 Nov 1997, J. Blake Arrington wrote:
>
> > I'm sorry to inform you about this, but the Leblanc Concerto and Opus
> > are far more superior to any Buffet clarinet. They are more
> > acoustically balanced, and they are less prone to cracking that Buffets.
>
> What does "acoustically balanced" mean? I've been in music for nearly 50
> years, have played clarinet all that time, have three degrees in music,
> have studied acoustics at Indiana University, and have been teaching for
> 38 years including 32 years at the university level, and have never before
> heard the phrase "acoustically balanced."
>
> Does this mean that professional clarinetists in symphony orchestras, the
> majority of whom play Buffet, have been playing on "acoustically
> unbalanced" clarinets for all these years and didn't know it?
>
> Ed Lacy
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