Klarinet Archive - Posting 000015.txt from 2001/06

From: rgarrett@-----.edu
Subj: Re: [kl] Mouthpiece table
Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2001 00:30:21 -0400

At 11:04 AM 6/1/01 -0400, you wrote:
>After checking the measurements, I found out why. The table had a convex
>surface. It was a very, very small deviation from flat. So slight that it
>defied any attempt I made to confirm it visually. Nevertheless, it was
>there, and it rendered the mouthpiece almost useless.
>
>How did the concavity get there? That's my concern. I'm sure that it would
>not have escaped the inspection of the craftsman, for whom I have the
>greatest respect.

Walter,

Do you mean that the table dipped inward, or that it bowed outward (upwards)?

Best wishes,
Roger Garrett

Roger Garrett
Clarinet Professor
Director, Symphonic Winds
Advisor, Recording Services
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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