Klarinet Archive - Posting 000735.txt from 2000/03

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] 'Quick' barrel.........
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 04:29:18 -0500

You won't deduce much from hole size and inter-hole distances. The bore
size and shape are also involved.
Roger S.

On Thu, 23 Mar 2000, William Wright wrote:

> Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 10:00:44 -0800 (PST)
> From: William Wright <Bilwright@-----.net>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] 'Quick' barrel.........
>
> Lelia Loban wrote:
>
> It's not always the beginning clarinet player's fault when the high
> notes are sharp and the low notes are flat. [....] The typical
> clarinets used by beginners tend to play wide twelfths: sharp above the
> break and flat below. [....] One of several reasons
> professional-quality clarinets cost more is that extra work goes into
> the design and construction to reduce this problem.
>
>
>
> For the purpose of this conversation, let's ignore the really
> crummy, cheapie clarinets.
> Suppose I removed all the keywork from my Yamaha plastic YCL-20A
> (which most people here describe as a better quality 'student'
> instrument), and suppose I did the same with a top-of-the-line
> professional wooden clarinet. Then I laid them side-by-side and
> carefully measured the length of each instrument, the distances between
> holes, and the hole diameters.
> Will the distances be within 1 or 2 mm of each other? Or more?
> Will I be able to measure any difference at all in the hole diameters
> with an ordinary ruler?
>
>
> And here is a related question: Every time that clarinetists
> discuss tone and intonation, they have no choice but to discuss
> embouchure, shape of face, diaphragm strength, tongue position and so
> forth. *Obviously* I don't mean to dismiss these topics. They are what
> makes music what it is -- an art form that transcends math and physics.
> But it would be very helpful to have a constant wind source and
> reed environment, such that you could compare (with your ears) the
> effects of a clarinet's construction. Also, you wouldn't have to deal
> with the difference between what the player hears and what the audience
> hears -- bone conduction and all the rest of it.
> Once again, I do not mean that such a testing device should be the
> index for choosing an instrument. But it would be provide extremely
> useful information, especially to a player who can't achieve constancy
> with his or her own body parts.
> Do clarinet manufacturers have such a device? Or does it always
> come down to the artist in the back room who puts the instrument to his
> or her own lips and renders judgement?
>
>
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