Klarinet Archive - Posting 000138.txt from 1998/05

From: Shoe <joshcole@-----.Edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Repairs
Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 16:03:04 -0400

On Tue, 5 May 1998, Shoe wrote:

> On Tue, 5 May 1987, James Rosen wrote:
>
> > How does a "Streetized" clarinet compare to a "Pleasantized" one or . . .
> > I want to know where the best place to get my horns done is. I just paid a
> > few hundred for a "Streetization" - seemed quite reasonable to me, and the
> > results were excellent. Thoughts?
>
> Define Streetized! This is a toughy. I've never played on an instrument
> that has been Streetized. I can tell you roughly what John Pleasant did
> to the instrument, and you can judge for yourself, although Dr. Borchert
> would know more along the technical side of what "Pleasantized" means.
> >From what I can recall, John Pleasant lowered the register key a bit to
> where the Bb using A key and RK is not as sharp. It also seems to allow
> the clarion and altissimo registers to speak much more clearly. He also
> sanded the speaker tube (the tube that protrudes from the RK), so that may
> have also contributed to the ease of getting out the upper registers. He
> oiled the bore, leveled the keys (the previous owner took very bad care of
> it!), realigned the bridge, repadded the whole thing, tightened some of
> the springs (in essence putting more of a spring back action), and some
> other stuff (the most technical aspect of my observation -- some other
> stuff). That's all I can remember for now. The clarinet speaks much more
> clearly in all registers, especially the altissimo! I can get notes above
> F#3 (which are all over the place in Philip Spark's pieces!!) with less
> fuzziness and better tuning. Now all I have to do is learn how to play
> the darn thing!!! John Pleasant has done a great deal of work on the
> instrument. He really seems to like working with his customers, getting
> their feedback.
>
> Okay, so I've written enough.
>
> How does the Streetized instrument play? I'm very curious!! At any rate,
> good luck!
>
> Joshua M. Coleman
> http://web.nmsu.edu/~joshcole
>
> "Every man dies... not every man really lives."
> -- William Wallace, Braveheart
>
>
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