Klarinet Archive - Posting 000161.txt from 2007/09

From: "Mike Vaccaro" <mike@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Blown out clarinets
Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 17:08:57 -0400

A new barrel is a way to refresh the response of a clarinet to a brand new
clarinet feel and minimize the feel of looseness of sound or distortions of
a clarinet bore as it ages. Many clarinetists use a aftermarket clarinet
barrel just for this reason.

Mike Vaccaro

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Fay" <kevin.fay.home@-----.net>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2007 1:52 PM
Subject: RE: [kl] Blown out clarinets

> clarni bass posted on Sunday, September 23, 2007 1:24 PM
>
> <<<Maybe I need to be clearer. I wasn't asking why *I* haven't heard about
> "blow out". Actually I have several years ago on the internet on a
> clarinet
> forum. I'm not in USA and I am right in the middle of a city.
>
> My question was meant to be: Is it possible that "blow out" is a culture
> thing, like a fasion in some places and not in others? I think it's very
> possible.
>
> I also agree with what Dan Leeson said about "blow out".>>>
>
> Um, this is precisely my point. I wasn't surmising that you live a
> lonely,
> rural existence. If the deep-dreaded "blowout" is indeed a universal
> affliction, it would be found and heatedly discussed everywhere clarinets
> are sold.
>
> . . . but apparently it's not. Is this a "cultural" or a "neighborhood"
> phenomenon? I have no idea; this would require sociological research
> beyond
> my ken, interest or energy.
>
> kjf
>
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