Klarinet Archive - Posting 000394.txt from 1998/02

From: "Loh Tzu Liang" <tlloh@-----.sg>
Subj: Re: Dis/Advantages to the Double Neck
Date: Sat, 7 Feb 1998 10:16:06 -0500

-----Original Message-----
From: Shouryu Nohe <jnohe@-----.edu>
Date: 02 February 1998 15:15
Subject: Re: Dis/Advantages to the Double Neck

>> Is there any true advantage? Do they make the horn sound better?
>
>Not in my experience. They are often angled up just a hair more than
>single necks. Keep reading for my factpinions on neck angle.

>
>I'm with you all the way there as well. I play on either set up just
>fine, with no real change in tone quality. To be honest, where it's most
>comfortable w/me is somewhere in between (I really can't stand to play on
>the Bay necks anyway). Having it angled up just a hair (like, two degree,
>or so) helps me tongue tip to tip easier, but that's the ONLY
>advantadge/difference I find.

I hvn't had too much experience but I prefer the 2 pc Neck on the Selmer P
compared to the 1pc ones on the Selmer USA and Leblanc models. I felt tt it
was easier to play as it fits my embrochure better without me hving to tilt
my instrument too much. Its easier to play it like a clarinet, the way its
supposed to be played (I think) instead of like a sax.

Yours sincerely,
Loh
tlloh@-----.com