Klarinet Archive - Posting 000692.txt from 1999/05

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl]Hans Moennig's solution the Dark Clarinet Tone
Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 18:01:04 -0400

At 02:38 PM 5/15/99 -0400, Mark Charette wrote:
>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.

I sincerly hope that you are right, and that only extremely small,
incremental improvements are required by the very top echelon players, and
that the normal production run clarinet is perfectly adequate for anyone
else just as it comes from the factory. You wouldn't think so, though, to
hear all the griping. And I still wonder why, when someone like Tom
Ridenour can design a better mousetrap, clarinetists don't beat a path to
his door.

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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