Klarinet Archive - Posting 001350.txt from 1998/07

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Inserted vs integral tone holes
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 22:29:40 -0400

At 06:39 PM 7/27/98 -0700, Matt Palasik wrote:
>Forgive my ignorance, But what is the dfference between intregral and
>inserted tone holes. More to the point what does it mean intergral tine
>hole and inserted tone holes?
>
Integral tone holes are drilled and shaped directly into the material of
the body of the clarinet. With inserted tone holes, they simply drill out
a large hole into the body and fill it with a tone hole-shaped insert.
This allows easier and possibly more precise shaping of the tone hole, and
maybe even more durable material to be used, but it cannot possibly be good
for the overall resonance of the instrument (assuming you are of the
persuasion that this makes any difference).

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