Klarinet Archive - Posting 000858.txt from 2002/03

From: CBA <clarinet10001@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] on the subject of a player's sound...
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2002 13:13:12 -0500

Kevin,

Isn't this contradictory? If others tell you they can
hear a difference, how is it different? You said other
people hear a different sound. If they hear a
difference in the sound of the Buffet R-13s you had
before, and the Yamaha CEs you have now, (assuning
your mouthpiece was the same, etc..) wouldn't this
disprove the theory that you sound the same on all
clarinets, as long as the mouthpiece is the same?

I'm not trying to be argumentative. I have to ask for
clarification, since it would seem that you said there
is *no difference* in your sound, but then people who
have heard you with both sets of clarinets have
commented to you that there *is* a difference in the
sound.

Kelly Abraham
Woodwinds - New York City
--- Kevin Fay <kevinfay@-----.com> wrote:
<SNIP>
> I couldn't agree more. If the mouthpiece is the
> same, the clarinet matters
> not a whit.
<SNIP>
> I happen to find it easier to play in
> tune on my new Yamaha CEs
> than the Buffet R-13s they replaced - the scale is a
> little closer to even
> temperment, the sound a tad bit more consistent from
> pitch to pitch. Others
> have commented on the sound (which means, I suppose,
> that I sucked before?)

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