Klarinet Archive - Posting 000419.txt from 2000/08

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Unloading.....
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 04:53:32 -0400

No doubt this is why the new electronic organ in the Sheldonian Theatre
here in Oxford sounds so unlike a *real* organ.
Roger S.

On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, Bill Hausmann wrote:

> Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 22:17:02 -0400
> From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] Unloading.....
>
> At 12:33 AM 8/16/2000 +0100, Tony Pay wrote:
> >I've noticed that I tend to assign 'rightness' to a piano rather than to
> >myself, even if I suspect the piano may be out of tune, and even on
> >occasions when subsequent investigation shows it indeed to have been out
> >of tune. I suppose that's a psychological effect. Perhaps there's a
> >similar psychological effect in the opposite direction with an obviously
> >'synthesised' sound.
> >
> In most PERFORMING situations, of course, the piano or organ MUST be
> assumed to be right, since the pianinst is unable to make the adjustment,
> but a clarinetist can adjust his barrel, setup, or embouchure with RELATIVE
> ease. Obviously synthesized sound is, I believe, so obvious because of the
> lack of richness of overtones, and, I suspect, the "in-tuneness" of those
> overtones (that and inaccuracy of attack).
>
>
>
>
> Bill Hausmann NEW ADDRESS: bhausmann1@-----.com
> 451 Old Orchard Drive http://homepages.go.com/~zoot14/zoot14.html
> Essexville, MI 48732 ICQ UIN 4862265
>
> If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Unsubscribe from Klarinet, e-mail: klarinet-unsubscribe@-----.org
> Subscribe to the Digest: klarinet-digest-subscribe@-----.org
> Additional commands: klarinet-help@-----.org
> Other problems: klarinet-owner@-----.org
>
>

---------------------------------------------------------------------
Unsubscribe from Klarinet, e-mail: klarinet-unsubscribe@-----.org
Subscribe to the Digest: klarinet-digest-subscribe@-----.org
Additional commands: klarinet-help@-----.org
Other problems: klarinet-owner@-----.org