Klarinet Archive - Posting 000275.txt from 1999/04

From: George Kidder <gkidder@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Materials when decoupled from the performer
Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 13:10:51 -0400

At 12:30 PM 4/4/99 -0500, you wrote:
>However by decoupling the performer from the materials and demonstrating
>that the material makes no difference by itself, now we are free to re-train
>our prejudices and biases. This would someday permit manufacturers to
>successfully make and market professional plastic clarinets without the
>subterfuge that Buffet uses in its Greenline models (i.e. the hoopla about
>it being ground grenadilla).
>
>So it is very important to distinguish between the physics of the situation
>and the player's interaction with and perception of the situation. Both are
>very real and are important elements to deal with and must be dealt with
>differently.
>
>
>Dee Hays
>Canton, SD
>
You have said what I wanted to say about barrels, but better. I suspect
that this is the problem, although I am not quite ready to assert that the
material has NOTHING to do with the sound. And, of course, should I assert
this, folks would be right to ignore it.

George

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