Klarinet Archive - Posting 000891.txt from 2004/01

From: Dan Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] C clarinet intonantion, was: Amati clarinets
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 15:36:18 -0500

Joseph Wakeling wrote:

> << The phenomenon discussed above could have been caused solely by
> trying the instruments with different mouthpiece configuations. >>
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> Isn't the main problem with C clarinets is simply that we play them
> using mouthpieces designed for larger instruments (Bb and A)? I imagine
> most of the intonation problems associated with C clarinets would vanish
> if people were willing to use mouthpieces of appropriate design.
>
> I recently had a very amusing conversation with a friend who insisted to
> me that the C was simpy "the wrong length for a clarinet". I am still
> at a loss as to how he could have come to that opinion.
>
> -- Joe

Joe, I don't know how you feel about it, but when someone tells me that
something is "simply" this or that (or "obviously" or "without question"
or "without doubt"), my reaction is that they are full of doo doo. Now
they may not be, but the use of "simply" is what in poker is called a
"tell." And therefore, the statement must be regarded as suspicious
right out of the gate.

Dan

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