Klarinet Archive - Posting 000315.txt from 1999/11

From: "Daniel A. Paprocki" <daniel.paprocki@-----.edu>
Subj: [kl] plastic clarinets
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 12:47:21 -0500

Roger,
Howarth had a professional "plastic" clarinet out for the last two
years. When I talked to the owner he said the trouble is that the price is
the same as the professional wood clarinets and that no one would spend the
same money on plastic as wood. I did play it and thought it was a good
clarinet. This happened at the MidWest Clinic two years ago.

Dan
Daniel Paprocki
Clarinet & Saxophone Studio
Angelo State University
San Angelo, Texas

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>From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
>To: klarinet@-----.org
>Subject: Re: [kl] Questins...
>Date: Tue, Nov 09, 1999, 12:29 PM
>

>I saw on Sunday last that Howarth's are now offering a "professional"
>model clarinet in some form of PVC. Has anyone see/played/broken one of
>these yet?
>Roger Shilcock
>
>
>On Tue, 9 Nov 1999, Edwin V. Lacy wrote:
>
>> Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 11:21:08 -0600 (CST)
>> From: "Edwin V. Lacy" <el2@-----.edu>
>> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
>> To: klarinet@-----.org
>> Subject: Re: [kl] Questins...
>>
>> On Tue, 9 Nov 1999 MUSIC43@-----.com wrote:
>>
>> > I think it is very important to purchase a wood clarinet. I had
>> > played on a plastic clarinet for 23 years. Finally, 9 years ago I
>> > purchased a wood clarinet and WOW what a difference! The difference
>> > between playing the two types is something like this - it's the
>> > difference between driving a Chevy and a Cadillac. On a wood
>> > clarinet, the keys react in a more efficient manner than the plastic.
>> > The tone is light years away from the plastic. More of a sweet, honey
>> > type tone.
>>
>> I have the same question I always have when this is mentioned. How do you
>> know that the difference in the two clarinets is in the material rather
>> than dimensional differences. Perhaps more care was taken in the
>> manufacture of the wooden one, and maybe it was made to closer tolerances.
>> Perhaps the tone holes are undercut on the wooden one, and perhaps the key
>> work is more substantial and better adjusted. My point is that unless we
>> know that both clarinets are 100% identical in every way other than the
>> material, we don't know to what the differences should be attributed.
>>
>> Ed Lacy
>> el2@-----.edu
>>
>>
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