Klarinet Archive - Posting 000650.txt from 2003/02

From: "Umesh Shankar" <ushankar@-----.edu>
Subj: [kl] What causes more or less resistance?
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2003 04:31:17 -0500

I pretty much buy the "material doesn't matter" idea. However, I've
certainly played different clarinets of the same model that seemed more =
or
less resistant (and other differences too). Is this mostly the
shape/placement of the tone holes? The bore shape? Are intra-model
differences (presumably they *should* be some particular set of =
dimensions)
that big? Framed another way, does that mean that with the aid of a =
skilled
repairperson, I can get two same-model and thus in principle similarly
shaped clarinets to sound the same, assuming that one has strictly more =
wood
than the other?

So if I found a new clarinet that I really liked, but, say, couldn't =
afford,
could I have my existing one changed to be like it?

It also would be nice if my A and Bb felt the same, though they're =
probably
too different to achieve that (or aren't they?).

Thanks in advance for your responses.

Umesh

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