Klarinet Archive - Posting 000103.txt from 2011/07

From: dgilbert <dgilbert@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] The Mazzeo system
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:14:20 -0400

My first clarinet was a Prufer, bought new in about 1955 from
Grinnells Music in DETROIT. It had a metal lined upper joint, and the
model was called 'SILVER THROAT"but it certainlly wasn't silver. As I
recall it played OK except for the throat tones which I later in life
discovered were adjusted too closed and made for very stuffy throat
tones. Once the opening was increased the range improved. ...I'll
stick with my 60's vintage r-13.
Dave

On Jul 14, 2011, at 9:22 AM, hns692@-----.com wrote:

> It occurred to me that now we're dealing with relatively unknown
> instruments and systems and their deviations from what the general
> public now
> accepts as what a clarinet is or should be, has anyone heard of a
> Prufer
> clarinet? It was available sometime in the 50s, but when it was
> first offered for
> sale in the US and how long the brand stayed is rather hazy. I
> "overhauled" one a while back and it definitely was different ...
> not easy to work on.
>
> Lee Ann Hansen
>
>
>
>
> In a message dated 7/14/2011 2:42:47 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
> sp253@-----.uk writes:
>
> On Wed, 13 Jul 2011, Bill Hausmann wrote:
>
>> And how about the McIntyre system? It changes the entire throat
>> setup --
>> fingering is extensively revised.
>
> It's relatively easy to adjust to as it's quite logical really.
> The real
> problem with the more complex (different) mechanisms, is keeping
> them in
> good adjustment.
>
> Stella (who indeed has a case (or, indeed, several cases full...)
> of GAS)
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