Klarinet Archive - Posting 000005.txt from 2003/12

From: Dan Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] The season to kill bad ideas
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 09:24:17 -0500

Bill Hausmann wrote

"To each his own. Selmer clarinets do indeed sound different from
Buffets. Whether that is a good or bad thing depends on the individual.
I LIKE my Selmer's sound, very direct and forceful, what I would
define as "dark;" that is, heavy on the fundamental and lower partials
with relatively less energy in the upper partials. As for its
condition, it looks pretty good to me! Of course, I have neither the
funds nor the need for such an instrument, but I figured somebody here
might. You can't ALL be exclusive Buffet Artists!"

OK. I'll bite. What physical property may be found in the Selmer
clarinets (or vice versa) that allow them "to indeed sound different"
from Buffet clarinets (or vice versa)? And once you describe that
physical property, the next question is how does this difference
manifest itself in a sound that is "heavy on the fundamentals and lower
partials with relatively less energy in the upper partial (which you
define as "dark")?"

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Dan Leeson
leeson0@-----.net

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