Klarinet Archive - Posting 000691.txt from 1999/05

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl]Hans Moennig's solution the Dark Clarinet Tone
Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 18:01:03 -0400

----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subject: Re: [kl]Hans Moennig's solution the Dark Clarinet Tone

> At 12:58 PM 5/15/99 -0400, Mark Charette wrote:
> >From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
> >>I am talking about requiring additional work simply to make
> >> the instrument function as it is supposed to. When you buy a car,
you
> >> expect the engine, transmission, brakes, and steering to work as
> >> advertised
> >
> >1) The cars are supposed to be checked over by the dealer when they
> >arrive off the truck to ensure that they're in good shape.
> >2) I personally test drive a car before I buy it. Just because the
> >engine, transmission, brakes, et al. work doesn't mean I like the
car -
> >the brakes may be overpowered, the steering sloppy, the body work
> >squeaks, the windows leak, etc.
> >
> And if that much was wrong with it on the test drive, would you STILL
buy
> it? I think I would be looking at a different brand altogether!

Yup. That's my point. The car works, but not to my satisfaction. I buy a
different model.

I personally do not think that clarinets from the manufacturers are
anywhere near as bad as you make them out to be. The "deficiencies"
quoted hereabout are most probably true; however, for the average
person, they're not all that overwhelming. For the professional (the
"race driver", not the shade tree mechanic), the clarinets are not near
what they could be and can benefit immensely from hand-tuning. Your
car's engine and transmission could benefit the same way from
"blueprinting"; it's a common thing done to cars by aficionados. They
take the car apart (even a brand new one) and make sure all the parts
are to spec. The horsepower gain on an average car just by making sure
the parts are within the correct tolerances is amazing.

Clarinets _aren't_ all that different.
Mark C.

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