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Author: sfalexi
Date: 2007-07-23 17:03
What aspects of other clarinets would you want to "meld" (if any)? maybe aspects of a mazzeo mixed with a german system . . . maybe a onepiece body (including bell)? What would you do?
I'd want a one-piece body (no "middle" joint) much like a rossi. I'd throw on an articulated G#, no alternate Eb key, but I'd have rollers between the B and C# levers on the left hand side and the C and Eb levers on the right hand side. I'd have synthetic cork on the upper stack, 'regular' bladder pads everywhere else except for the biggest pads on the lower joint where I'd put white or brown leather. Hmmm . . .I've always liked the look of gold plated keys. I think I'll throw those on. But silverplated posts. To have a nice christmas mix (Silver and gold decorations . . . on every, clarinet.)
Oh yeah. It'd be rosewood.
Alexi
US Army Japan Band
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2007-07-23 19:03
"I'd have synthetic cork on the upper stack"
So you like your upper section to leak like a sieve and compromise the response of the whole instrument? Don't consider synthetic cork pads (even if it's only an idea), it's a false economy.
If you want to mix and match pads, use real cork and leather, ditching skin pads completely. So you'd cork pad everything except the four largest pads. Or cork pad the speaker key, G vent, side F#, side and cross Eb/Bb and C#/G# keys, and the RH cross F#/B key. Every other pad will be leather (brown or white, so long as they're not porous) which are the trills, throat A and G#, and the E and C vent pads as well as the four large ones.
Or what about cork pads faced with leather throughout?
if you're going for rosewood, have all the toneholes bushed with plastic for a perfect seal, and all metal lined sockets, including the barrel.
I'd have the LH Ab/Eb key there - it's better to be with than without, and you can always have the option of leaving it on or taking it off.
But there IS a clarinet already on the market which is loaded with simple and effective gadgets as standard (and has a large German bore) - a Reform Boehm.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: Katrina
Date: 2007-07-23 19:45
It would weigh nearly nothing and have a Kooiman thumbrest standard.
I also like the look of those old Conn (I think) clarinets which had been made from laminated propellor wood or something. Would like to have it play better than those, of course!
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Author: Neil
Date: 2007-07-23 20:12
I've never played a full boehm but I like the idea of having a long Bb as an alternative to the throat Bb. Also I think it would be cool to have it change color with tempo, kind of a "mood" clarinet.
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Author: Bob Phillips
Date: 2007-07-23 20:25
Intonation perfect, sound terrific, responsive, soulful, easy to play.
Cocobollo with gold keys --but appearance secondary to sound and intonation.
Articulated G#. LH Eb/Ab, long Bb (which would probably take me 6-months to get used to.
Oh, and a spare so that I don't have to re-learn my fingerings if something breaks and I have a gig.
Bob Phillips
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2007-07-24 08:34
I guess I'm pretty much the opposite of everyone here. I would make it about the same as the clarinet I have now, which I like very much. Don't really care what pads (probably bladder, because I like their not too quiet noise). Silver plated is good (I don't like gold). No left Eb/Ab key is fine since I never used it when I had it anyway. I'd prefer to have it made from a synthetic material so I don't worry about cracks. Also a bit lighter would be good. Those are the only things I'd change.
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Author: jane84
Date: 2007-07-24 18:26
Hmmm...
-lighter, yes
-PERFECTLY fitting my fingers and the way I use them
-Articulated G#and LH Eb/Ab-lever
-uncrackable wood
-not "tireing me out", like the one I have now (and all other ones)
-an additional Eb-cl as standard
-aaaand...all covered in dark green velvet (except the holes).
-jane
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Author: rtmyth
Date: 2007-07-24 21:40
I played an A. Robert clarinet for many years. It had silver lined sockets, and silver lined barrel with a "slip joint" feature which reduced the extraneous volume created by pulling the barrel to zero. Great improvements, I thought. The clarinet was made around 1920(?)
richard smith
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Author: SVClarinet09
Date: 2007-07-25 04:35
> a clarinet that plays itself
In agent cody banks, first act built a clarinet that could play itself
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Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2007-07-25 13:18
Between my husband's tools (he's a bookbinder and does woodworking as a hobby) and mine (retired pro stained glass designer-builder), we've got a serious workshop where between us we *could* build a clarinet, including making the molds and casting the keys. However, I know just enough about building clarinets to know that I can get a much better instrument for less money by letting the professionals make the clarinets instead.
Lelia
http://www.scoreexchange.com/profiles/Lelia_Loban
To hear the audio, click on the "Scorch Plug-In" box above the score.
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Author: William
Date: 2007-07-25 15:07
I would build it (effers, sops, altos, bass & contra models) in tune and impervious to changes in climate or weather. They would all be fitted with a perfect mouthpiece, be feather light on the right thumb and self cleaning--no more swabs, bore oil, etc. It would be "top drawer" professional in quality and cheap enough so even beginners could afford it. You all would buy them and make me richer that Gates.
[exits quickly to his garage workshop]
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