Klarinet Archive - Posting 000643.txt from 2002/01

From: "Benjamin Maas" <benmaas@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Gap in tenon socket between upper and lower joint
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 19:58:34 -0500

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ClarinetStudioUK@-----.com]
>
> Walter--you may want to investigate the gap present between the
> bottom of the
> mouthpiece and the top of the socket. Peter Hancock makes quite
> a point of
> it in his. He even states that at one time mouthpieces were
> supplied with
> this spacer.
>
> Monsen
> University of Kentucky

In the brief time I studied with Mr. Hadcock, I remember a barrel that had
the top part of it sanded down. This was to allow the mouthpiece to sit
flush with the barrel.

He had all sorts of crude, yet very effective "fixes" of instruments to make
them work better.

--Ben

Benjamin Maas
Freelance Clarinetist and Recording Engineer
Los Angeles, CA
benmaas@-----.com
http://www.fifthcircle.com

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