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Author: dtiegs
Date: 2011-03-28 23:18
( I know a person might say that one is better than another, but i just want to know what the difference is.) Ok... I know that poly means=many and cylindrical means= tube like. But what sound comes from each bore? Which one is most preferred? and which one is better for college and beyond?
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Author: kdk
Date: 2011-03-29 00:55
Your question implies that it's the polycylindrical or straight design that makes an instrument "better for college and beyond" and that one is generally "preferred" over the other by expert players. Each design has its rationale, and the designer of each instrument on the market was certainly trying to achieve a specific result. It's interesting to know how various instruments are built. But you'll generally be better off actually picking an instrument by playing on several by different makers and choosing among the different sound, response and tuning characteristics of the instruments you're considering. There are excellent players using instruments with both polycylindrical and straight (more or less) cylindrical bore designs and which one is "better" depends entirely on which player you ask. The design that you "prefer" will in the end be the the one used to make the instrument you prefer.
Polycylindrical bores were developed by some makers (I think initially Buffet) to solve certain intonation and resistance problems in the pre-1950 (or so) instruments that were being produced by the top manufacturers. I think today's instrument designers take a variety of approaches to solving the same problems and bore configurations have evolved a great deal and become much more subtle since the R13 was first introduced in the U.S.. So the actual design is probably a lot less relevant today than it was 60 or 70 years ago.
Karl
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