Klarinet Archive - Posting 000948.txt from 1999/01

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Subjective and Objective
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 09:03:18 -0500

At 11:50 AM 1/18/99 -0600, Roger Garrett wrote:
>Just a quick comment from an obeservational standpoint - our saxophone
>professor, William West (studied with Donald Sinta) purchased a new (at
>the time a few years ago) Super Action Selmer, Series 2 - and really loves
>it. He had tried (with me present) several of the Yamaha Custom and
>others in the line - and pointed out many different problems with the
>evenness, etc of the sound - none of which I can remember at this point.
>However, I heard everything he pointed out - and, subsequently, when
>students visited our school to audition or even arrived with a Yamaha
>Custom, it was so interesting to hear those similar problems in their
>playing - without ever having studied at our school!
>
Just as various and sundry problems with evenness, resistance, and
intonation can be pointed out on certain brands of clarinet. I never
intended to denigrate Selmer saxophones (I love my Mark VI alto, and would
trade my YTS-52 for an S-80 tenor in a heartbeat!) But in terms of
intonation, I have never played a sax that was EASIER to play in tune than
that YAS-875. If I had thought it was ENOUGH easier to justify the
expense, I would have sold my Selmer to buy the Yamaha. Perhaps tradeoffs
in response, etc., had to be made to achieve the intonation. Such are the
compromises designers make. I'm sure the placement of the register tube on
the R-13 has certain ADVANTAGES as well as the disadvantages that have been
noted, or the design would have been changed long ago. As long as people
can make their selections KNOWING what the advantages and disadvantages are
and whether other options are available, all is right with the world.

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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