 The Clarinet BBoard
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Author: Franklin Liao
Date: 2011-03-24 18:02
I have been much frustrated with the question of which is the better path if one needs a one-off. This has haunted me for a better part of a year almost.
Throughout last year, I've been thinking hard of a do-it-all horn in the pitch of C that would be impervious to variation in temperature and humidity, as even in response as a Bb, with few compromise in workmanship and little in material, and made with ergonomic in mind. Maybe even reaching low D so that it can fully substitute a Bb in range.
About the only thing that I've come to a more satisfying conclusion of on my part is that I cannot distinguish between synthetic material to Grenadilla response wise.
No doubt that having such a list of requirements would be something that any individual that is looking for an instrument would have come to derive.
No off-the-shelf alternative totally meet this list of requirements. If I were to retrofit a Noblet or an Amati, or that of a Ridenour Lyrique, I am potentially faced with rather expensive and actually demanding alteration tasks of...
1. Recast the keywork.
2. Rebore
3. Design around the existing parameters with a given instrument.
Given that it isn't cheap either way, does this mean that here is where building from scratch is the best solution? So essentially work with something from ground-up to meet those specifications would be better?
If so, what is the best approach to ask a maker to make such a one-off? Regular correspondence or physical presence as you would when you go for your the tuneup inspection would be best?
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