Klarinet Archive - Posting 000339.txt from 1999/05

From: "Paulette W. Gulakowski" <pollyg@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Intonation Problems
Date: Sun, 9 May 1999 23:31:20 -0400

All three of my children shot for the rifle team while in high school.
When sighting in, they always referred to "clicks" to make their sighting
more precise. What's wrong with borrowing this terminology for precision
in instrumental tuning? What is so disturbing about mechanical tuning to
get as close as possible to "true" so the player can get on with making
music? We could be handwriting these messages on parchment and sending
them to each other by pony express you know! (okay, I have anachronisms
there. You know what I mean.) Why is it that many claim the ONLY way to
play in tune is with "correct" embrochure? If we can change the
instrument to make it more user friendly, why is this wrong? If more
people can play, and play well, or better with mechanical/machining help,
why not?
Paulette

On Sat, 08 May 1999 12:21:54 "Gary L. Smith" <garysmith@-----.com>
writes:
>At 10:35 PM 5/7/99 EDT, you wrote:
>> As I recall the E-11 is normally stocked with a 64 or 65mm
>barrel and

snip

These ads
>for
>the "click" barrels really aggrevate me - I've never tried one, so
>don't
>know if they're mechanically or acoustically any good, but this
>picture
>they encourage of band directors walking down their row with a tuner
>and
>saying "you're flat, click it in one" or v/v disturbs me greatly...
>
>
>
>
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>
>Gary Smith
>
>
>garysmith@-----.com
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