Klarinet Archive - Posting 000566.txt from 2000/08
From: Bilwright@-----.net (William Wright) Subj: Re: [kl] taking up the clarinet again Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 18:22:37 -0400
<><> Bilwright@-----.net said:
A detail that seldom gets mentioned during these discussions is
"forgiveness" -- by which I mean that YCL-20 (and other student horns, I
assume) allow you to make slight errors and still produce a note.
<><> Tony Pay wrote:
I don't think this is true, in general, your personal experience to the
contrary. Or, at least, I've never encountered it. Has anyone else?
I'm looking at the bottom joints of my plastic Yamaha and my
instructor's wood Howarth as I type.
Of course, each hole with a ring has a 'tube' rising up from the
joint itself, and the (properly adjusted) ring allows my finger to push
the ring down sufficiently that the flesh of my finger seals 100%
against the upper surface of the 'tube'.
So far as I can see, the location and diameter of each hole, and
the wall thickness of each 'tube', is identical for every hole of each
instrument _EXCEPT_ for the G finger hole (right hand) -- which
happens to be the hole that gives me trouble because working my right
pinkie causes my fourth finger to slide upwards just a fraction and
thereby uncover a bit of the G finger hole.
On the Howarth, the wall thickness of G finger hole 'tube' is
noticeably less thick (perhaps 50% as thick) as all the other 'tubes' on
either instrument, and therefore this particular 'tube' offers less
surface area in contact with the flesh of my finger. Hence the G hole
is less "forgiving" of proper finger placement.
Right now, I wish I had half-a-dozen other pro wood clarinets so
that I could see whether this is an unusual situation? Or is it the
norm for pro instruments, and Yamaha's student horn has a thicker wall
just to help beginners?
Whether you want to use the adjective "forgiving" or just
"different" is a semantic issue, I suppose. But the physical difference
is very real, now that I inspect the two instruments carefully.
Cheers,
Bill
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