Klarinet Archive - Posting 000144.txt from 1997/11

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Reed Strengths and types
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 1997 09:52:13 -0500

Thanks for the description of accoustically balanced
(definition)......probably what the original poster had intended.

I disagree with the secondd idea that the Ridenour Leblancs are any more
"accoustically balanced" (please refer to below defenition) in this way
than Buffet R-13's.

Roger Garrett

PS....nice first name!

On Wed, 5 Nov 1997, Roger Shilcock wrote:

>
> 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
> > *****************************************************************
> > Dr. Edwin Lacy University of Evansville
> > Professor of Music 1800 Lincoln Avenue
> > Evansville, IN 47722
> > el2@-----.edu (812)479-2754
> > *****************************************************************
> >
> >
> >
>
>

   
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