Klarinet Archive - Posting 000256.txt from 2004/01

From: "Buckman, Nancy" <nebuckman@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: [kl] bell choke
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 08:56:36 -0500

The ring is ornamental, or at least that is what I was told. But bells =
do make a difference. I always thought that the difference was in the =
low notes and in the responsiveness of the instrument though. You could =
write to Morrie Backun, the bell and barrel wizard (or Walter Grabner). =
Walter posts to the list often and, while Morrie doesn't usually post, I =
am fairly certain he reads the list every day. You can get his contact =
info at www.backunmusical.com. You probably are correct though, about =
the change in playing ability.

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: Noel Taylor [mailto:r.n.taylor@-----.ac.uk]
Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 6:42 AM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: RE: [kl] bell choke

I can almost join two thrads together here. I recently tried putting on =
a
bell from my old Albert System A clarinet on to my B&H 1010. The Albert
system bell has a metal ring on it's base and the 1010 one (which is =
thicker
wood) doesn't. I was extremely surprised to find that - at least to my =
own
taste in tonal quality - I seemed to hear a marked improvement, =
especially
in the throat tones. I'm still not sure whether this perceived =
improvement
was wishful thinking on my part, and I look forward to the day when I =
can
test it out on someone else used to listening to those kinds of =
differences.
I haven't measured the bores, but in my own mind I had attributed the =
tonal
change to the metal ring on the Albert bell - a feature I had previously
imagined to be largely decorative.=20

Noel Taylor

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