Klarinet Archive - Posting 000573.txt from 2005/03

From: "Benjamin Maas" <benmaas@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] bass pick-up
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 22:54:16 -0500


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ellis Johnson [mailto:ellisjohnson@-----.com]=20
>=20
>=20
> my clarinet teacher uses a mic built into his barrel. His name is
> William O Smith or Bill Smith. I don't think they are made anymore
> though.
>=20

Sounds like the Barcus-Bery pickup... It has been years since I saw him
perform (but I remember his performance as being pretty exceptional)=20

Anyways, we discussed this a couple weeks back when the thread was going
strong. Basically, it is a pickup where you'll get great feedback =
rejection
for amplification or signal processing, but you won't exactly get a very
true sound because it is picking up the vibrations from the walls of the
instrument rather than the vibrations in the air (the sound).

--Ben

Benjamin Maas
Fifth Circle Audio
Los Angeles, CA
http://www.fifthcircle.com

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