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Re: CSVR vs CSG

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2021-08-17 23:58

simon.obrien wrote:

> You can find some recordings on youtube of the CSVR (and other
> instruments) but due to compression I don't think you can get a
> good feel for how the instrument sounds.
>

I'm not sure the explanation is all compression for why it's hard to get a good feel for an instrument's tone quality. The sound any instrument makes includes the influence of the player - his or her physical characteristics, playing style, reed choices, etc. When you listen to a recording of any kind, you're hearing what a particular player sounds like with that instrument. Your result will inevitably be different, and it's that result - you and the instrument together - that matters.

> I did however find some recordings on soundcloud of a Lecturer
> of Clarinet at Wright State University, John Kurokawa who plays
> on the CSVR, I appreciate nothing substitutes for testing an
> instrument but I felt the recordings (and performance) were
> excellent so you might be able to get a feel for the sound
> concept from here. I hope this helps.

Continuing in the same vein, what you're hearing is John Kurokawa playing on the CSVR, not Simon O'Brien. It *might* (I'm not really sure) mean something to hear Kurokawa - or another skilled player - playing several instruments in separate but identically made recordings. Given that the player, having enough time, will adjust to each instrument, the main source of any difference will more likely than not be the instrument itself.

The point of play testing the instruments yourself is that the result you as an individual get from the instrument is what you're buying, not what someone else gets. It *has* been hard to manage this over the last year and a half, so I guess the next best thing is to find an outlet with a really favorable return policy and try instruments one or two at a time.

Karl

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