Klarinet Archive - Posting 000139.txt from 1997/11

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Reed Strengths and types
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 1997 09:40:45 -0500

I really love this response......perfectly stated!

RG

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

> 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?

   
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