Klarinet Archive - Posting 001514.txt from 1998/04

From: "Dan Leeson: LEESON@-----.edu>
Subj: [klarinet] Re: material confusion
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 06:10:49 -0400

> From: MX%"klarinet@-----.93
> Subj: [klarinet] material confusion

> This re-discussion of materials making a difference is disturbing me. I know
> the deal on physics, acoustics, etc. of how these factors may or may not
> affect sound and feel of the instrument. The reason why I'm disturbed is that
> next Saturday I am headed to New York to buy a new set of Buffets. I have
> convinced myself Greenline is the way to go - I am only trying Greens, BTW.
> The only Greenline owner I know of is an oboist. He said it plays and feels
> better than his Loree, but I need to know the skinny on the clarinets.
>
> I would appreciate some feedback on who has them, who's tried them, and what
> you think (positive and negative). I cannot afford to have any doubts about
> this investment. You can privately e-mail if you don't want to clutter the
> list. Thanks.
>

I would hope you would buy a clarinet because you liked the way
it played in your hands and if that happens to be greeline,
so what? If it is made of cheddar cheese and you like it,
then buy it. Like many clarinetists you are obsessed with a
non issue; i.e., that somehow wood is materially better than
any other medium, and that is a very questionable hypothesis.

I played on a Bundy resonite E-flat clarinet for years and sounded
lousy. It was not until I bought a great wooden E-flat clarinet
did I realize that I was a lousy E-flat player and sounded just
as bad on the new instrument. I should have stuck with the old
one and saved money.

Stop being a prisoner of social pressure and buy what pleases you.
Any other course of action can, but not necessarily does, present
you with a difficult situation where you find yourself playing
on the instrument of choice but not as well as on the one you
liked.

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Rosanne Leeson, Los Altos, California
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