Klarinet Archive - Posting 001340.txt from 1999/05

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Mr. Swiney's post
Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 07:52:44 -0400

On Sat, 29 May 1999, Jim Lande & Joyce Mason wrote:
> Fortunately, I have
> hands like a gorilla, don't practice too much and don't play technical
> passages, so having my clarinets set up like a piece of nautalus
> exercise equipment isn't a problem.

I have always preferred the heavier spring action....except on my Model 33
Selmer Bass Clarinet - the left hand keys pinky keys were just too darn
hard to use sometimes! The new Buffet Bass doesn't have that problem
though.

When Brannen set up my Buffet Bb and A, he really lightened the spring
tension. It is very smooth, but I have gone back to him several times and
had the spring tension readjusted to the heavier side. I like the quick
reponse back from the key use. I liked the work he did not the bass
clarinet and basset horn though - good spring tension there.
Roger Garrett
Professor of Clarinet
Director - Concert Band, Symphonic Winds & Titan Band
Advisor - Recording Studio
Illinois Wesleyan University

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