Klarinet Archive - Posting 000236.txt from 2001/12

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Material....was Gigliotti Inventions
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 06:08:19 -0500

At 09:52 PM 12/10/2001 -0500, Walter Grabner wrote:
>Tim says:
>
>We are looking at indirect hearsay here, of course, but
>if you accept the premise that "Mr. Moenning never used plastic for the
>barrel sleeve as he felt that it made the tone too bright", then I do not
>see how you can argue with the conclusion that "Mr. Moenning felt that
>material makes a difference." That's what Swiney's quote says. P implies
>Q. Neither P nor Q in this case establishes any fact about clarinet
>bodies, but that's
>not what Walter asserted, and you are incorrect to berate him for doing so.>>
>
>Thank Heavens! A protector!
>
>Thanks Tim, well said!
>
>Walter.....who doesn't really care anyway since he KNOWS he's right,
>chuckle........

You say that Moenning never made a plastic-lined barrel because he "FELT
that it made the tone too bright" (emphasis mine). One presumes, then,
that he never actually TRIED it. Not a very scientific way to go about
it. I will agree that Mr. Moenning FELT that material made a difference,
but it is quite a leap from there, regardless of his reputation, to the
conclusion that it actually DOES.

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.net
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