Klarinet Archive - Posting 000535.txt from 2005/06

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] metal clarinets
Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 11:39:00 -0400

At 12:01 PM 6/26/2005 +0100, Keith Bowen wrote:
>Dan,
>
>So it had the C#/G# tone hole in the wrong place, just like a wooden
>clarinet! Seriously, this is an advantage of one-piece clarinets, that there
>are no compromises in the middle of the instrument - this tone hole, and the
>bridge mechanism. And the joint makes it weaker. I don't know why plastic
>clarinets aren't moulded in one piece, as it makes a lot of sense. (More
>expensive mould of course, and this is costly).

I'm sure ease of manufacture has much to do with it, despite the extra cork
joint. I also think that the more similar the plastic clarinet is to a
wood one, the less difference is perceived by the customer, helping
sales. I presume that is how plastic doomed metal clarinets in the first
place -- They LOOKED more like the wood ones!

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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