Klarinet Archive - Posting 000176.txt from 2000/01

From: "Benjamin Maas" <benmaas@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Re: Clarinet maker
Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 19:33:28 -0500

Bill Hausmann wrote:

> You asked for it! :-)
>
> Since even the effect on tone of the composition of the instrument's body
> is in question, I am REALLY skeptical of the keys' contribution. Could it
> be that you were simply hearing the effect of the variation between
> clarinets, and that the same body, with a different set of keys installed,
> would have sounded just the same? Your own biases, in the
> absence of blind
> tests, could have attributed the variance to the keys. I'll give you the
> difference in feel, though.

I was skeptical about the key's contribution as well until I tried out a
bunch of horns. It is entirely possible that the same instrument with
different keys would sound the same. This was not a scientific study.
However, I DID notice certain characteristics of the tone depending upon the
composition of the keys. I neglected to say in my first post, that I also
had one of the workers at the store (who I happen to play with in an
orchestra) listening to me as well. He noticed many of the same things I
did. It wasn't a blind test, but it is multiple opinions I am talking
about.

Thank you for giving me the difference in feel... :-)

--Ben

Benjamin Maas
Freelance Clarinetist and Recording Engineer
Los Angeles, CA
benmaas@-----.com
http://www.fifthcircle.com

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