Klarinet Archive - Posting 000981.txt from 1998/07

From: "Kevin Fay (LCA)" <kevinfay@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Question for Mr. Kloc
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 16:14:25 -0400

One thing has definitely been proven--that Buffet, at least Mr. Kloc at
Buffet, has taken a tremendous step for customer satisfaction by providing
the information (a) here and (b) so quickly. He gets a standing ovation
from me!

kjf

-----Original Message-----
From: Roger Garrett [mailto:rgarrett@-----.edu]
Subject: Re: [kl] QUestion for Mr Kloc

On Fri, 24 Jul 1998 Felix1297@-----.com wrote:
> R13 focused and dark sound
> RC bright and less focused sound
> R13 Prestige focused and warm or round sound
> RC Pretige Warmer sound than the RC
> Festival focused, dark and somewhat flexible sound
>
> 2) For the wood it is not really a quality question we cannot use not good
> quality wood the instrument will soun like a cream pot if we did that. We
use
> different wood density which is the center of the tree is used for the
> Prestige Line because it's very dense. Around we the center will be the
R13
> and RC models which will be less dense of course.

What Francois has described (wood density and how it affects tone/sound)
is consistant with the experiences I had trying out horns at the Clarinet
Fest. I love those exhibits!

I tried the Holwarth (sp??) line, and, pitch problems aside, found the
horn to be very good. However......they sell the standard Grenadilla
(African Blackwood), Rosewood, Cocobolo, and one other I can't remember.
It was astounding to me the difference in the sound of each - same design,
same specs......but so incredibly different. And, beyond that, the
resistance seemed identical - which is futher supported by Francois'
description of the differences between bores of the RC and R-13 models and
how those bore differences affect the resistance.

The materials discussion is far from proven!

Roger Garrett
IWU

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