Klarinet Archive - Posting 000141.txt from 1999/07

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Sax trouble
Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1999 19:46:35 -0400

At 04:53 PM 7/5/1999 -0400, Robert Howe wrote:
>The Saxophone has thin metal walls and the clarinet, thick wooden, so
>makers who imitate these conventions end up with indestructable Bundy
>clarinets: almost an inch across, with a tiny bore;...

I did not think a .577 bore (1401 model) was especially small. The 1400
model has a .590 bore, same as the old large bore Selmers of the 30's and 40's.

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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