Klarinet Archive - Posting 000583.txt from 1999/06

From: "Karl Krelove" <kkrelove@-----.us>
Subj: Re: [kl] 10 G-big sound
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 12:04:40 -0400

-----Original Message-----
From: robert shaw <theshaws@-----.net>
Date: Friday, June 18, 1999 9:09 AM
Subject: Re: [kl] 10 G-big sound

>David,
> It may just be that I am (or was ) a wimp when I originally decided to
buy
>a new instrument. I got my Selmer out last night and it seemed to play
great.
>But the sound is not exactly the same as the Buffet, not as dark. Both
>instruments have pluses!
>

Now, there's a case in point for discarding "bright" and "dark" as tone
descriptors. Gigliotti would roll his eyes and insist that the 10G sound is
_darker_ than the R13. The "darker" sound of the 10G was part of the
original design and a main advertising point.

Karl Krelove

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