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Author: NBeaty
Date: 2010-11-30 13:20
It's the system devised by Erik Brand.
In measuring anything you have to measure according to significant digits. For example, if you're measuring how far it is from Texas to New York you would consider how many miles. If you were measuring the distance from the back of your house to the front, feet or meters would be more appropriate.
For example, measuring to the mm would mean that these measurements would be the same:
36+, 22+, 11+, 5+
and
35, 21, 10, 4
These two facings would be significantly different, so more specific measurements would need to be used even though they are both essentially a 18-11-5-2 mm facing.
Even though we use half-mm, glass gauges do only go by every two (2, 4, 6, 8, etc), so it becomes very important to have a good light and consistent placement of the glass on the mouthpiece in order to provide accurate measurements.
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kdk |
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Iceland clarinet |
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Maestro_6 |
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Maestro_6 |
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Ed Palanker |
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sonicbang |
2010-11-25 18:16 |
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Arnoldstang |
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graham |
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Ed Palanker |
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sonicbang |
2010-11-26 17:26 |
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ww.player |
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Bassie |
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clancy |
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Iceland clarinet |
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clancy |
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Vytas |
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NBeaty |
2010-11-29 17:06 |
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graham |
2010-11-30 06:58 |
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Bassie |
2010-11-30 08:02 |
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Re: So why are shorter facings less popular? |
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NBeaty |
2010-11-30 13:20 |
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clancy |
2010-11-30 15:04 |
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DixieSax |
2010-11-30 17:30 |
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kdk |
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Bassie |
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NBeaty |
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kdk |
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clarnibass |
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NBeaty |
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