Klarinet Archive - Posting 000807.txt from 1998/07

From: Kenneth Wolman <kwolman@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Undercutting?
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 08:31:01 -0400

At 10:17 PM 7/22/98 -0400, you wrote:
>At 04:56 PM 7/22/98 -0400, Kevin Bowman wrote:
>>I've heard that the Center Tone line was made with a larger bore -
>>is this true?
>>
>I'm not sure if it is the Balanced Tone of the Centered Tone, but one of
>them had a bore of .590, quite large by today's standards. The bore was, I
>think largely cylindrical, and the tone holes NOT undercut.

Someone else on the list told me the CT, at least mine circa 1957, is .587.
The Balanced Tone was .590. Then, I was told, they shrank it again with
the Series 9. I was told to match the right mouthpiece to the bore: as I
said, the HS* works well. But with a Vandoren 5JV, it's like playing the
Lincoln Tunnel.

Now, I am in ignorance here. WHAT does it mean to "undercut" tone holes?
Is this supposed to be good? I would thing so since all the manufacturers
list it as a feature on their intermediate and high-end instruments. Is
there any advantage to NOT undercutting, whatever that means?

Ken

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