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Re: new CG Carbon clarinet

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2019-12-03 04:17

Good question 'Clarnibass,' and I will let Morrie Backun (ironically) answer that question at 3:31 of this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weGxlC0YI2I

Watching the whole thing you hear that Ricardo had some concerns about his Backun clarinet not responding and tuning quite as well as it did a year prior when he first obtained it. At 3:30 Morrie whips out a reamer to show that it "wobbles" in the tone hole. After taking a quick measurement and doing some judicious re-reaming, Morrie gets the tone hole back "in round" and solves Ricardo's problem.

I would freely admit that the issue may be less so if the surrounding body of the clarinet does not expand and contract, BUT the CG clarinet does have completely wooden chimneys and that would allow for the aperture itself to remain.......unstable.

As for the idea that loud might not be great in and of itself I say.....BAH !!!!!

I tell my students all the time that the greater the difference available to you from softest to loudest represents your "palette." If you have any sort of reasonable control over your instrument, SOFT should NOT be a problem. Therefore any greater differential only allows you MORE contrast with which to play. And if there is any question if dynamic contrast is a good thing or not, just reference any recording of Martin Frost.

...................Paul Aviles

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