Klarinet Archive - Posting 000473.txt from 2004/02

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Been reading the mail
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 23:39:53 -0500

At 12:22 PM 2/27/2004 -0600, you wrote:
>As a child I had a very good instrument, made of teak wood but I cannot
>remember the name of it.
>The springs in this unit are not blue, they look like small pieces of
>wire, that can't be good. If it last 6 months I feel I'll be doing OK. I
>can achieve notes so far, but I'll have to purchase some more reeds, I
>feel the ones that came with it are low quality.

Blued steel springs are usually used on better instruments, but stainless
steel springs are very common in good-quality student instruments. They do
not offer quite the same fine response, but they are very durable.

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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