Klarinet Archive - Posting 000026.txt from 2003/12

From: "Buckman, Nancy" <nebuckman@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: [kl] The season to kill bad ideas
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 13:15:11 -0500

We have our first wounded clarinetist.

Nancy

Nancy E. Buckman, CPO, AFO, Technical Assistant
School of Health Professions, Wellness and Physical Education
Anne Arundel Community College
Arnold, MD 21012-1895 USA
Phone 410-777-2316 Fax 410-777-2233
E-mail nebuckman@-----.edu

-----Original Message-----
From: karlkrelove@-----.net]
Subject: Re: [kl] The season to kill bad ideas

Come on, now, Dan. The question until now has been "does the material =
it's made of matter?" and the answer many of us were willing to accept =
was that, given two identically designed clarinets, different materials =
alone should not make them sound different from each other.

That different designs (hence, different brands) produce different =
sounds, absent any special effort on the player's part to =
defeat/overcome the design differences, is another issue. You don't need =
to know what's different in the bore, the way the tone holes are =
machined, etc., to be able to say "this clarinet sounds different from =
that one." Nor do you need to define words like "dark" and "bright" to =
hear "difference." No doubt the construction differences can be =
discovered (and many people know them already).=20

That my Selmer 10G and my Buffet-Moennig pre-R13 sound different from =
each other when I play them with the same reed, mouthpiece and =
*embouchure* is not debatable. Nor is it true that I can't, by =
manipulating my physical approach and, to some extent, the reed that I =
use, make them sound largely (but I think not completely) =
indistinguishable from each other. But unless I make those =
changes/accommodations, they sound different.=20

The reason people choose one instrument over others is (apart from =
responding to advertising hype), first of all, because they can get the =
sound and musical results they want with the least amount of effort. I =
don't think you really believe it isn't possible for two clarinets to =
sound different from each other. Why can't the differences between =
products with different brand names be different enough to explain what =
Bill was talking about?=20

Why couldn't I say that one brand of vanilla ice cream tastes different =
from another without knowing what the ingredients are in each one?

Karl

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