Klarinet Archive - Posting 000284.txt from 1999/02

From: "Gordon Macey" <g.macey@-----.uk>
Subj: RE: [kl] Bore sizes
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1999 15:03:58 -0500

As I said in a previous message on this thread I had, up until recently, a
pair of 1010's. I found the build quality superb as you would expect from
one of the foremost instrument manufacturers at the time. The Imperial 926
clarinets were also very good but smaller bore ( I think ) and certainly
without the Acton vent arrangement which I personally found no problems with
properly set up.

The Peter Eaton's are indeed based on the 1010 clarinets and are indeed an
improvement but you would expect that considering the advances in technology
since the last 1010 was made, however, as I said the 1010 is a mighty fine
instrument but requires a little effort to find a mouthpiece to suit.

As for the Peter Eaton player who "despised" the 1010's I can only think
that he was guilty of a bit of clarinet "snobbery" on his part.

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Honor [mailto:paca@-----.net]
> Sent: 06 February 1999 19:39
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: [kl] Bore sizes
>
>
> "I met a player of the large bore Peter Eaton instruments a while ago
> who
> *despised* the 1010 - said they were nasty, mass-produced intruments,
> whereas the PEs were nicely hand-finished......."
>
> Roger, The above quote may be true but I hope that it is not going to be
> the final word on the 1010 discussion. I understand that the Peter Eaton
> clarinet was based on and is an improvement on the 1010. However, I've
> recently acquired a pair of 1010's. I find that they are very well
> constructed down to the tiny F/Bb adjusting screw with it's insert of
> neoprene, or rubber. I use them semi-professionally and I'm extremely
> pleased with their construction, tone, tuning and ease of playing. I
> feel proud to own and play an instrument that has earned it's place in
> the history of the development of the clarinet.
>
> Peter Honor, Toronto Canada
>
>
>
>
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