Klarinet Archive - Posting 000695.txt from 2004/07

From: GrabnerWG@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Media and instruments
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2004 13:37:56 -0400

In a message dated 7/18/2004 11:57:34 AM Central Daylight Time,
dnleeson@-----.net writes:
My dispute is entirely with one thing and one thing only. How do
you know that the thing you are tweaking will yield the result
you seek? What evidence do you have that you are attacking the
cause of the problem, or that what you do will improve the
situation?
There are times that I absolutely DO NOT know. I have gone down many blind
alleys. I probably still am pursuing a few.

I also find methods and materials that produce excellent results and in a
repeatable, expected way, also in a more efficient way.

This is not laboratory theory here. It's try it and see.

The first 25 mouthpieces I ever did are still in a drawer. They are junk.
Number 26 you could play on. Number 525 is measurably better. Number 725 is a
very very slight degree better.

But, I keep trying, refining, etc. I know of no other way to advance.

Can you suggest one?

Walter Grabner
http://www.clarinetxpress.com/
World-class clarinet mouthpieces

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