Klarinet Archive - Posting 000505.txt from 1998/08

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Clarinet Material Revisited
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 00:22:20 -0400

At 10:39 AM 8/17/98 -0700, Tim Roberts wrote:
>Just when I thought the issue was largely settled in the opposite direction,
>along comes my July/August edition of The Clarinet magazine, with an
article by
>Lee Gibson which opens with a blanket statement that the material of which a
>clarinet body is made makes a difference in the instrument's sound.
>
>I'm confused by this article. He offers no facts or references at all to
back
>up this statement. He even goes on to say that independent "blind" tests
find
>no discernable difference between wood and metal clarinets, which is what I
>understand.
>
Strange that Lee Gibson should cite scientifically conducted tests which
are so completely at odds with his own beliefs!

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