Klarinet Archive - Posting 000810.txt from 2000/11

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Selmer buys UMI
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 22:52:18 -0500

At 09:54 PM 11/23/2000 GMT, Tony Pay wrote:
>In passing, I'm not sure that I agree that the world was only waiting
>for the polycylindrical clarinet. I spend much of my time playing on
>designs that antedate that by some considerable time, and am still
>partly of the opinion that I played better on an old E. J. Albert Boehm
>system clarinet than any of the modern Buffets I've used.
>
>That makes even stronger the point that clarinets don't really need
>further development. Your argument about maintaining standards of
>production is an independent one.

And at one time many years ago there was a move to close the U.S. Patent
Office because "everything had already been invented." I'm sure there were
plenty of people before 1955 who thought the clarinets had been "perfected"
and did not need any improvement. In reality, we all know that clarinets
are still NOT perfect. They suffer from faulty intonation and stuffy
notes, among other things. That's why we continue to see new models from
many manufacturers. Of course, the tradeoffs they make to improve one area
may negatively affect another, so it is nice to have competition so we can
choose for ourselves which compromises work best for us.

Bill Hausmann 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.

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