Klarinet Archive - Posting 000292.txt from 2005/01

From: X-UH-MailScanner-r.n.taylor@-----.uk
Subj: RE: [kl] Wurlitzer Reform-Boehm Clarinets
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 05:45:40 -0500

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From: Tom.Henson@-----.com]
Subject: [kl] Wurlitzer Reform-Boehm Clarinets

Hello all,

I have been very busy at work and have not had a chance to post recently,
but I wanted to get some comments on the Wurlitzer Reform-Boehm clarinets.

I know that Bernd Wurlitzer had a display at the last ClarinetFest and some
of you must have test played some of these clarinets. Nancy Buckman I know
played them and had very good things to say about them. Unfortunately I was
unable to attend this event.

I took the plunge (literally) and ordered one from Wurlitzer. These gems
must be some of the most expensive pieces of wood on the planet, but worth
it from what I hear.

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My teacher has an older model of these. He said that the current Wurlitzer
is in fact the son-in-law of the most famous of the Wurlitzers, but had
assumed the family name. He told me that the Wurlitzer characteristic is due
to 'venting' - all the tones are vented by a position one semitone below (or
something to that effect) whereas the normal Boehm compromises - for
instance at B Flat. He said that - in addition to giving much stronger notes
on those keys where compromise normally occurs - the bore of the clarinet is
different and doesn't flare at the end. This allows the clarinet to be blown
very forcefully all through the registers without any hint of unevenness or
'barking'. He very kindly let me try and disprove this assertion by blowing
into it as hard as I could, and I found it to be exactly as he said.

Noel

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