Klarinet Archive - Posting 000574.txt from 1998/08

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: [[kl] re: Clarinet Model Comparison]
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 12:39:21 -0400

Chris said:
>But I still would like to know how silver would change
>the sound quality. Other comments?

Re-read David's original post. David said "feel" in there. The silver
keys feel different. They don't change the sound.

The Concerto and Opus are identical except for the staining and key
plating, and the Concerto can be ordered with silver keys just like the
Opus. I also talked to a few of the Leblanc people about this.

This doesn't mean every Opus plays the same as every other Opus, every
Concerto the same as every other Concerto, or every Concerto the same as
every Opus. There are a host of variables from clarinet to clarinet. You
like your instrument - that's great. But it doesn't change the facts as
presented by Leblanc (unless 3 of their reps are wrong).
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