Klarinet Archive - Posting 000378.txt from 1998/03

From: Josh-Boy <joshcole@-----.Edu>
Subj: Re: Greenlines
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 1998 14:44:01 -0500

On Fri, 6 Mar 1998, Shouryu Nohe wrote:

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> However, whenever I have had the rare priviledge of playing my professor's
> plain ol' R13 (gee, make his stick sound inferior, why dontcha, Shour?), I
> also noted a weight difference. But in switching off between his R13 and
> my R13 (now that I have one), I feel no difference really...not a
> noticable one. I mean, his is wood, mine's recycled wood - so I don't
> really see why there SHOULD be.
>
> I have done the same thing with my roommate's eleven year old R13, and I
> noticed no discrepancy in weight. Maybe he did when he played my horn.
>
> Josh, my licorice stick feel heavier than yours?

Actually, I have noticed the same thing as Shour here. Maybe it's just
because whenever I play anything I'm more worried about my sound than the
weight (seriously!!!). But I haven't felt a noticeable difference in
weight between the R-13 Greenline and the R-13 Plain Ol'.

Joshua M. Coleman
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