Klarinet Archive - Posting 000811.txt from 2002/03

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Selmer's
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 20:31:39 -0500

At 03:13 PM 3/27/2002 -0800, Glen Shannon wrote:
>There isn't a standard bore size on clarinets? Does one favor the highs
>and the other the lows?
>
>Glen

Not really. The large bore, non-undercut types were the rule until the
1950's when Buffet introduced the R-13. The large-bore horns tend to be big
and bright-toned, and very flexible. Jazz players still tend to prefer
them. Leblanc's Pete Fountain model has a .590 bore. Smaller bores tend
to be "warmer" and more focused, with more resistance. My guess is that
they put out more higher overtones. If otherwise correctly designed, they
should all still have proper intonation and even scales, etc. My old Rene
Dumont measures about .563, and it does seem relatively resistant and
lacking in projection vs. my others.

(Apologies in advance to Dan Leeson, but I am just quoting the blurbs in
the catalogue, having no other real way to describe tone.)

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.net
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