Klarinet Archive - Posting 000464.txt from 1999/02

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Horwath
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 14:22:45 -0500

On Fri, 12 Feb 1999, Joe M. Rankin wrote:
> Unlike Roger, I don't find any of
> the pitch problems "severe". (I believe that is the word he used). I'm always
> looking for clarinets that are better than the ones I have, & I just returned
> 3 Buffets & a Rossi yesterday (all A's). None of the Buffets are as good as
> my Howarth in the intonation department. The Rossi is better than the Buffets
> & I might end up buying it.

Just a clarification - when I posted to the list, I explained I tried out
the Howarths at the ClarinetFest - as many as they had there - I believe
there were five or six available. I also said that I felt they were very
nice instruments - but the ones I tried out had severe problems in some
areas of intonation.

If Howarths can be adjusted, undercut, etc. to play in tune - and those
people who perform on them have found that to be the case - that is great
news! My post was not an endorsement or a comparison - simply another bit
of information to throw on the pile and let others make decisions from.
Workmanship on the horns was quite beautiful, and the wood was
astonishingly pretty.
Roger Garrett
Professor of Clarinet
Director - Concert Band, Symphonic Winds & Titan Band
Advisor - Recording Studio
Illinois Wesleyan University

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