Klarinet Archive - Posting 000585.txt from 1998/05

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Matches sets
Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 05:50:21 -0400

At 11:35 AM 5/11/98 EDT, Dan Leeson wrote:
>Al Chiavarini made reference to "so called matched sets" of clarinets.
>And that reminded me that when this term "matched set" was last
>brought up, I posted a question asking exactly what was meant by
>that term.
>
>I wasn't trying to sandbag anyone, but rather it is a term that
>is widely used but not clearly understood. As for myself, I was
>told once that a matched set meant that the both instruments came
>from the same tree or, perhaps, the same branch of that tree
>and, in principle, therefore, should have similar playing
>characteristics.
>
>I don't know if this is true, only that this was the sole reason
>I had available to me as descriptive of the term, "matched set."
>
>So what is a matched set?
>
I sincerely doubt it means anything more than two instruments of the same
basic design (i.e., R13, Opus, etc.) made by the same manufacturer pulled
out of the warehouse and stuck into the same case. Consideration may be
made for cosmetic matching (similar wood color), but I'll bet nobody test
plays them!

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