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Author: terry
Date: 2001-10-06 05:24
Hi!
I am very interested in a very nice sounding german
made clarinet. is there something about tone,
pitch, etc. that I need to know? I am not and will
likely never be a member of an orchestra, and please,
please do not start a discussion about Buffet.
many thanks!
terry
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Author: Karlheinz
Date: 2001-10-06 13:15
Hi Terry!
Although your subject refers to a german clarinet, I don't think, that this is what you are really looking for.
The different sound of a german clarinet resuls mainly from its different bore-shape, its differnt tonehole system and its different mouthpiece. It uses a different fingering scheme and although it is possible to convert from the boehm to the german system (my daughter did it in about 8 weeks) it can not generally be recommended.
So I assume that you are looking for a boehm clarinet from germany, but you shouldn't underestimate the influence of the player himself to the tone charavteristic. It is far more important than the origin of the instrument. An other story is the Reform-Boehm clarinet invented by Wurlitzer (expensive!). He tried to take some design details over to the boehm clarinet, but there is more than one way to produce a beautiful sound with a boem. I have heared many boehm players whose sound I could not distinguish from a professional german. And even with a german-system clarinet you can produce a harsh and thin sound.
I was shurely not of mutch help for you. If however you were in fact looking for the german system, I could give you more advice.
Karlheinz
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Author: Anji
Date: 2001-10-06 22:26
I think Yamaha offers some instruments made to the German standard, with some interesting modifications. Still not cheap, I figya.
anji
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Author: ron b
Date: 2001-10-07 03:13
Terry -
We need to define our terms. German (fingering) system or German made?
- ron b -
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Author: Gordon (NZ)
Date: 2001-10-07 11:32
The field is muddy indeed.
Yamaha produce pro instruments with Boehm fingering but with German acoustic design characteristics.
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Author: terry
Date: 2001-10-07 18:07
to quote myself "very nice sounding german made clarinet"
so the clarinet is "german-made." The key system is
Boehm with a couple extras. I do not think anyone has
addressed the question:
"is there something about tone,
pitch, etc. that I need to know? I am not and will
likely never be a member of an orchestra, and please,
please do not start a discussion about Buffet."
If someone has, please let me know, as I missed it.
many thanks!
terry
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2001-10-07 19:09
Without knowing what you're looking at, it'd be hard to say. Remember, even Buffet has a number of models made in Germany. The country of origin is kind of irrelevant ... it's the bore, mouthpiece, keywork, et al. that makes the differences.
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Author: ron b
Date: 2001-10-07 20:27
Search out someone who plays in a style you like; then find out what they use, instrument, mouthpiece, reed, etc., all you can gather. The same setup may also work for you or it may not work for you. If not, try all the combinations of instrument, mouthpiece, reed, etc., you possibly can to get as close to that sound as possible. I don't know any other way to achieve what you want to do except by trial and practice. I stick by my opinion that it's ten percent equipment and ninety percent working at it.
- ron b -
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