Klarinet Archive - Posting 000836.txt from 1999/05

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl]Hans Moennig's solution the Dark Clarinet Tone
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 03:19:15 -0400

At 07:47 AM 5/17/99 -0500, Roger Garrett wrote:
>I never claimed it was the Holy Grail, and I didn't display a prejudice.
>I simply feel your conclusions are based on something else that has upset
>you. You continue to make claims that the Buffet is poorly designed
>because people get them customized (even though you don't accept Webster's
>definition of the word) for themselves. That's ok with me. But I think
>it says more about your prejudice.
>
I have never heard anyone claim that any OTHER clarinet has its register
tube misplaced by 2 mm, nor have I heard of drastic tone hole repositioning
surgery being done on other brands. Again, it may only be that I have not
HEARD of such things. Maybe similar problems DO exist on other horns, but
nobody has yet said so in this forum that I recall. I anxiously await
information to this effect.

>> I resent your implication. Besides, nothing I say on this list is going to
>> affect the sales in our little local operation one tiny bit. I offered
>> here only my anecdotal evidence about the quality control matters I have
>> been discussing...
>
>Well, you can resent anything you want - you have showed resentment toward
>professional instruments - primarily the Buffet - since mysteriously
>beginning the thread (for yet a 4th time!) several days back. No one said
>you have a concern about your sales - but since you bring it up - do you?
>
I do not resent professional instruments. I PLAY them (clarinet and alto
sax anyway) and appreciate their qualities like you do a fine wine. I just
want to make sure NO company attempts to sell vinegar under the label of
Cabernet Sauvignon, even if their well-deserved reputation makes that
possible. If by "hidden agenda" you did not mean a business/financial
interest, then perhaps I jumped to THAT conclusion, but it sure sounded
like it to me.

>But you still haven't presented any evidence to back up your claim
>that the instrument is a bad design. You have your "anecdotal evidence"
>that you have experienced - and that's fine. But your conclusions based
>on that should be viewed by others as prejudiced and biased - not based on
>any kind of strong evidence to support such wild conclusions.
>
If you want to see my evidence, read the Klarinet archives. I am only
going by the repeated complaints of other list members, some of them by
people much better versed in clarinet design than I will ever be. Frankly,
I would be much happier to find out that other brands suffer the same
complaints or, better yet, that these peoples' knocks against the R-13 are
completely unfounded.

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
451 Old Orchard Drive http://www.concentric.net/~bhausman
Essexville, MI 48732 http://members.wbs.net/homepages/z/o/o/zoot14.html
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If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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