Klarinet Archive - Posting 000605.txt from 2000/10

From: rgarrett@-----.edu
Subj: Re: [kl] Mouthpiece Tables (Was Symmetrical vs Asymmetrical
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 18:10:53 -0400

At 04:33 PM 10/11/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>They are certainly within reason reliable. Concavities such as Zinners' can
>be measured reliably just like any other part of the mouthpiece. I have
>found the Zinner concavity to measure extremely consistent.

You mean extremely consistently......

Measure in what way Greg??

>For that matter, the axis of a finished, hand flattened table can vary from
>mouthpiece to mouthpiece and can effect the entire formula - but not to any
>more of a degree than from one Zinner concave table to another.

The axis is is easily matched and corrected........and easily measurable.

Unless you are able to provide further evidence to support your statements
regarding the measurement of the concavities, I don't see how arguing back
and forth with "it is...." vs. "it isn't...." is going to help anyone here.

But I would very much be interested in any information that you can provide
to us in how you measure concavity with the precision you say you can.

Best wishes,
Roger Garrett

Roger Garrett
Professor of Clarinet
Director, Symphonic Winds
Head, Recording Studio
Illinois Wesleyan University
School of Music
Bloomington, IL 61702-2900
(309) 556-3268

"A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes
another's."
Jean Paul Richter (1763-1825)

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