Klarinet Archive - Posting 000361.txt from 1999/11

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] plastic vs wood
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 17:06:32 -0500

At 04:38 PM 11/9/1999 -0500, Donald Longacre wrote:
>
>On Nov 9th Ed Lacey comments on his experience between plastic and wood
>clarinets with the caution of making comparisons like this with all con-
>ditions 100% identical to assure differences in the tested value are in-
>deed valid.
>
>In my view this is a highly significant statement. Clarinetists are prone
>to judge the value of peripheral equipment changes to their instrument
>too casually. The cornerstone of science is elimination of variables
>that impugn comparative data. If effect A is truly derived from cause
>B, all other factors must be rigidly contained. An effect under test
>should have a replicate control test running concurrently with ALL elements
>identical except the idea being tested and be reproduceable as well.
>All else is, for the most part, guesswork.
>
Relatively easy ways to test nearly identical instruments exist. Try
comparing the Selmer (Bundy) 1401 vs. the Selmer 100. Both have the same
bore size and same keywork, and both have undercut tone holes. In theory,
they should play very nearly identically. I am not as certain about Yamaha
YCL-20 vs. YCL-34, or Vito vs. Noblet specifications, but they should be close.

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