Klarinet Archive - Posting 000601.txt from 1998/09

From: "Cox, Graeme" <Graeme.Cox@-----.nz>
Subj: RE: [kl] real subject: breaking in my R-13
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 02:09:29 -0400

In an earlier post to this list, I mentioned recorders. It is well accepted
by the recorder playing fraternity that a good recorder will improve it's
tone gradually over its life (and even the ebony recorders benefit from
oiling!). In a sense, therefore, the recorder grows in quality, even though
it's plainly a piece of dead wood. I don't really understand why, but I
suspect that the spread of moisture and oil evenly throughout the wood
fibres over an extended period have some good effect on the tone. Also, the
owner might learn how better to play it over time, although a really good
player will adapt to a different instrument very quickly.

Cheers,

Graeme Cox
Graeme.Cox@-----.nz

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Hausmann [SMTP:bhausman@-----.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 17, 1998 1:12 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] real subject: breaking in my R-13
>
> Sounds like witchcraft to me. You may find it useful to slowly break in
> your EAR to the particular tonal and intonational qualities of a new
> clarinet. But I don't think the wood can learn anything, much less be
> damaged in that way. It's vibration is MUCH less important than that of
> the air column inside, anyway.
>
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> If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.
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