Klarinet Archive - Posting 000729.txt from 2004/07

From: "Lars Kirmser" <musictrader@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Sound character based on medium, and the subject of beating a dead h...
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 13:05:31 -0400

As a matter of clarification: the "acoustical systems" of mouthpieces in
woodwinds per se, is unique from the "acoustical systems" of the body of an
instrument, in that sympathetic vibration (coupling) of the mouthpiece -
bocal - headjoint may have a slight measurable affect (not necessarily
audible, but sometimes measurable).
Lars Kirmser
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From: <GrabnerWG@-----.com>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2004 8:26 AM
Subject: Re: [kl] Sound character based on medium, and the subject of
beating a dead h...

> In a message dated 7/18/2004 9:12:13 AM Central Daylight Time,
> dnleeson@-----.net writes:
> <<Walter, it is unworthy of you to reduce a round of this inquiry
> to the conclusion that those who do not agree with you are
> "Beating a dead horse.">>
>
> Dan, I work with this stuff all day long. I work with rubber mouthpieces,
I
> work with glass mouthpieces, I work with wood mouthpieces. I work with
barrels
> made of different materials, different woods, synthetics, etc. I'm
surrounded
> by the stuff, sometimes 16 hours a day.
>
> I am constantly experimenting, both with materials and the quality and
shape
> of surfaces to eke out the last drop of tone and response - To give my
> customers the very slight edge they are looking for.
>
> To come up with solutions to real world performance problems.
>
> My customers are not stupid, nor are they influenced by "glitz" or my need
to
> make more expensive (therefore profitable) products. They are driven by a
> desire to sound better, to get improved response, to fix tuning problems,
to
> match tone and response over different registers.
>
> I am driven by a desire to help them.
>
> Many people seek new materials because they are not getting what they want
> from their clarinet.
>
> Should we just stop all experimentation just because you flatly maintain
> materials make no difference? I think not.
>
>
> Walter
>
>
> Walter Grabner
> http://www.clarinetxpress.com/
> World-class clarinet mouthpieces
>
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