Klarinet Archive - Posting 001495.txt from 1998/04

From: "Dan Leeson: LEESON@-----.edu>
Subj: [klarinet] Cindy's comments on clarinet media
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 06:10:30 -0400

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> Bill's points are interesting. Let's be honest: if the material a clarinet is
> constructed from meant nothing, Jonathan Cohler and other pro's on this list
> would be playing on Vitos! (I personally like Vitos but you get my drift.)

There are a number of reasons why people prefer wooden instruments over
plastic, and social pressures are just one such reason. Another is that
wood is beautiful and has great psychological value. A third is that
greater care is expended in the pitch characteristics of a more
expensive instrument. But, except for the matter of aesthetics of wood,
none of this has much to do with the material from which the instrument
is made. There were great clarinet players who played metal clarinets.
I believe that the first in Boston around the turn of the century played
on metal.

Wood is lovely. Wood is terrific. It just doesn't have much to do with
the character of sound. That matter comes from elsewhere.

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> I have also read that the presence of a bell ring (standard on wood; not so
> standard on plastic clarinets) affects the instrument's tone.
>

This is a very good point, Cindy. I have also heard that metal bells
on wooden instruments tend to amplify those sounds that are considered
unpleasant. So your point is excellent because it is objective.
The rest is just your unquestioned acceptance of what may be an
old wives tale.

> Cindy
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Dan Leeson, Los Altos, California
Rosanne Leeson, Los Altos, California
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