Klarinet Archive - Posting 000070.txt from 1998/11

From: "Dee D. Hays" <deehays@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: klarinet Digest 1 Nov 1998 21:15:01 -0000 Issue 665
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1998 23:23:03 -0500

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From: Soo Khoon Goh <gohsookh@-----.edu>
Date: Sunday, November 01, 1998 11:21 PM
Subject: [kl] Re: klarinet Digest 1 Nov 1998 21:15:01 -0000 Issue 665

>... I can't tell you how much EASIER
>it is to play on an R13! When I tried the instrument, I was like "WHOA,
>This is not funny!" I couldn't believe that all those years I've been
>putting myself through the tortures of struggling with my E11. Not that
>the E11 is a bad instrument, but it does help to have the easiness of the
>R13 on certain pieces/passages!

Even though professional equipment is a joy to use, there shouldn't have
been that big a difference that you would classify the E-11 as a torture.
Perhaps that particular E-11 was a lemon. Would you clarify just exactly
what was easier? I'm just curious.

You see I own three clarinets: a pro grade Leblanc, an intermediate grade
Pruefer, and an old Pan American student horn (this line was very poorly
made). I would not classify any of them as being torturous to play. The
main difference is the accuracy of intonation. The mechanism works fine on
all of them though the Pan American tends to lose screws since they are very
small and cheap (and worn due to extreme age).

And I use all three of them. The old Pan American got hauled out for
parades when I belonged to a community band when I lived in Illinois.
About once every couple of months, I play the intermediate Pruefer to check
it out and make sure it is OK since my daughter is using it in school. Then
of course, the Leblanc is the one I normally play.

Dee Hays
Canton, SD

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