Klarinet Archive - Posting 000216.txt from 2001/06

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] B&H 1010s
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 17:36:03 -0400

At 12:09 PM 6/4/2001 +0100, Peter Warner wrote:
Intrigued, i've measured my 1010s.
>The barrel end and joint endof the upper section are similar: Bflat is
>.598, A is.602 inches.
>These are mean figures - there's a + or - .001 variation in readings(made
>with digital vernier calipers)
>The Reg Kell mouthpiece varies between .596 and .604 Please don't tell me
>this is fatal ovality! The standard Boosey & Hawkes 1010 mouthpiece
>measures a very round .611
>
>It sounds like they were trying to make them .600, the variations being
>within permissable manufacturing tolerances. This is is still bigger than
>your Howarth S2, Bill.
>Can anyone the history behind these bore variations, and why the modern
>trend is towards smaller bores? I believe Jack Brymer usually played on
>1010s when I heard him, and to my ear made a wonderful sound. Is bore size
>a factor of sound quality at all?

I believe Buffet started the small-bore trend with the smaller,
polycylindrical, undercut, tone-holed R-13. Before that, most folks were
playing basically cylindrical, straight-holed .590 Selmer Centered Tones
and such. The tone of smaller-bored horns is (or at least is ADVERTISED to
be) SWEETER than the large-bore tone. Classical players in general seem to
have decided this is a good thing. Jazz players often prefer the
big-toned, large-bore sound, some even going to vintage Albert system horns
to get it. The Leblanc Pete Fountain models (the GOOD ones, not the Vito
with his name stamped on it) are .590.

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.com
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Essexville, MI 48732 ICQ UIN 4862265

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