Klarinet Archive - Posting 000532.txt from 2005/06

From: Karl Krelove <karlkrelove@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] metal clarinets
Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 10:55:18 -0400

There's also a very practical reason from the sales side of the process
- many (not all) kids at least in American public school systems are
interested in trying a new instrument in inverse proportion to the size
of the instrument. The first criterion a 9 or 10 year old child applies
is "What did my parents say I should play?" (Usually, there's one of
those packed away at home or at a relative's home already). The second
is "How hard is it to carry to school?" The bigger the case, the harder
the instrument *looks* to carry to and from school once or twice a week.
A standard student-level clarinet case is much smaller *looking* than
the long case that must house a one-piece instrument.

Karl Krelove

Ormondtoby Montoya wrote:

>Keith wrote:
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>>I don't know why plastic clarinets aren't
>>moulded in one piece
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>You've already mentioned the extra expense for an instrument that is
>aimed at the budget market. But perhaps another reason is that a
>one-piece instrument wouldn't be perceived to be a 'real' clarinet?
>(semi-serious comment)
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