Klarinet Archive - Posting 000587.txt from 2000/08

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] taking up the clarinet again
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 10:30:57 -0400

At 09:28 PM 8/19/2000 -0700, Neil Leupold wrote:
>--- Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com> wrote:
>
>> In fact, my own observation suggests that their plastic clarinets are
>> generally just that -- identical versions of their wood horns, but
>> molded in plastic intead.
>
>Oh really. Identical? If that were the case, many professional
>players would have switched to plastic instruments decades ago.
>The only plastic clarinet on the market which can make the claim
>of being acoustically comparable to one of its wooden professional
>counterparts is the Buffet R-13 Greenline. Beyond that, no man-
>ufacturer materially (i.e.; to a relevant degree) mimics the a-
>coustical properties of its proline models in its plastic clari-
>nets. But perhaps you were referring to beginner and intermedi-
>ate model wooden horns.
>
Actually, you will note from the models I cited, that is EXACTLY what I was
referring to. As far as Buffet is concerned, I would be not at all
surprised to learn that their plastic clarinet (E-11, I think) shares its
design with some other Buffet model (NOT the R-13) or an older pre-R-13
model. That is, in part, to protect the prestige of the pro line models
and make sure that players do NOT abandon them for the cheaper plastic
ones. Furthermore, while "mimic(ing) the acoustical properties of its
proline models" would be most desireable, and is in some ways achieved, the
main thing is that, from an engineering perspective, they are built to the
same measurements, can interchange parts, etc.

Bill Hausmann NEW ADDRESS: bhausmann1@-----.com
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If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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