Klarinet Archive - Posting 000410.txt from 2003/06

From: "Thiel, Mark" <mark.thiel@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Needle springs
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 09:45:18 -0400

Nancy Buckman wrote:

>On the subject of needle springs, I was taught to spring all flutes with
>softer metal than needle springs are made of. As I thought about my
>statement of flutes not having needle springs (like the ones on clarinets
>and saxes), I wanted to know exactly why that was so.

Seems strange, but perhaps softer metal makes it easier to adjust spring
tension (and easier for spring tension to go out of adjustment I'd think).

> In looking on the
>net, I came across this site, www.matitflutes.com/06reach.html, which uses
>magnets for key movement instead of springs.

Oooooh, nice. How long till I can have a carbon composite _clarinet_ with
titanium keys? --- And how long till I can afford it? I clicked on
"pricelist" and it started a mail message -- if you have to ask you can't
afford it. It's been a while since I've had a flute in my hands, but
wouldn't a flute with the pads as strictly in a row as this be an ergonomic
disaster?

Mark Thiel

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