Klarinet Archive - Posting 000839.txt from 1999/05

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl]Hans Moennig's solution the Dark Clarinet Tone
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 03:19:18 -0400

On Mon, 17 May 1999, Bill Hausmann wrote:
> 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 guess since you have never heard of it, it must never have happened.
But, all that aside, I also guess this validates the idea that you really
were centering on Buffete and, perhaps, there is another issue here rather
than just customizing.

> 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.

Thanks for telling everyone that you only read the archives for your
scientific evidence. And do you really truly believe that the
conversations on an unmoderated list made up of between 600 and 700
people, that includes clarinetists of high school and jr. high age,
amatuers, college professors, and a number of professionals represents
evidence of all brands of clarinets?

Are you saying that no one has any "knocks against" clarinets except the
R-13?

You really take some gigantic leaps!

> If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

By the way - you have to mic the saxophone because even the saxophones are
too loud.
Roger Garrett
Professor of Clarinet
Director - Concert Band, Symphonic Winds & Titan Band
Advisor - Recording Studio
Illinois Wesleyan University

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