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Author: Tim P
Date: 2003-03-28 14:37
I play the same Conn wooden student model that
I had in high school. I am reacquainting myself with clarinet playing and in an attempt to learn I have been lurking around the clarinet bulletin board. It has been very beneficial.
Now for a question. Last night my mother brought over my brothers clarinet.
It, too is just a student model, plastic and a LeBlanc. So I compared the
two with my unsophisticated ear. I believe my clarinet sounds "more full".
Kind-of like playing a chord with a full orchestra instead of about 15
instruments. the plastic one hit the notes ok (except for where the key is
bent and won't close the pad) but not as rich.
However, it was way easier to blow. so I thought I was smart and remember
reading about bore size so I measured the bores. Measured is a bit of a
misnomer since all I had was a set of machinist inside calipers. I can not
get a quantitative result but the comparison of the two bores show that the plastic model is smaller. I would have guessed differently.
What other factors would be involved? I used the same mouthpiece set-up on both. I even played around with different set-ups on each and still the same hard blow on the Conn.
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bore size -vs- resistance new |
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Tim P |
2003-03-28 14:37 |
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sfalexi |
2003-03-28 15:39 |
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