Klarinet Archive - Posting 000160.txt from 2003/04

From: "Forest E. Aten Jr." <forestaten@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Clarinet sound
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 00:31:37 -0400

Thanks Russell....

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From: "Russell Harlow" <lharlow@-----.net>
Subject: Re: [kl] Clarinet sound

> Well, first of all I played on the instrument every day for all those
years
> in both the orchestra and in chamber music and the key work was becoming
> looser. I had it tightened many times and was told that to put new key
work
> on might create more problems than it would fix. The other problems were
of
> intonation and speaking in the higher register. It wasn't a mouthpiece
> problem because the problem remained when I went to other MP's. I taped
some
> holes and that helped a bit but it still took a lot of effort to bring it
in
> line. It still has a beautiful sound but is difficult to play.
> RH
>
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> >From: "Forest E. Aten Jr." <forestaten@-----.com>
> >To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> >Subject: Re: [kl] Clarinet sound
> >Date: Sat, Apr 5, 2003, 5:17 PM
> >
>
> > Russell,
> >
> > What do you mean by your statement, "would play no more"? How did you
feel
> > your '69 series clarinet failed?
> >
> > Forest Aten
> >
> >
> >
> >> I find myself close to this subject of sound and thickness of
instruments.
> > I
> >> have played as associate principal with the Utah Symphony for 32 years
and
> >> for 29 of those years played a 106,000 series Buffet (1969). When it
> > finally
> >> would play no more I tried out over 40 instruments and came away with
an
> >> R-13 and a Festival and sold them within a year. I could not find the
> > sound
> >> and colors I could get on the 1969 instrument.
> >>
> >
> >
> >
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