Author: mamanvatsa
Date: 2020-12-04 22:58
Kdk, thanks for quoting me in details, appreciate it! Of course, this was an overexpression of my idea, I really don't think they throw dice to decide the register tube placement, only extract that impression from the sound the instruments deliver. A proper register tube placement is, let's say, where all tones throughout all registers are with good intonation, which is a quite relative thing to different ears. As I already mentioned intonation is not a sole thing, but goes together with overtones, and they are defined by also placement and size. I hope you are well familiar that all clarinets initiate from the chaleumau, which later evolved into the 'historical' (period) clarinet, whereas finger holes are smaller (but same size) and about equally outstanding from each other. Also placed more upwise on the body, which is very close to German system fingering, except that on the latest sound comes out of 4-5 or more holes for each hand (including padded holes) instead of 3. Same is with Boehm system, but with the only difference the padded holes are upwise the finger holes, as opposed to German system. This makes the whole Boehm fingering way lowered than historical and German clarinets, which is already an issue. And, yes, I would say they both sound more consistant in sound, which is not new. In this respect, it is very difficult to balance a Boehm clarinet, since it is a kind of deviation from the main concept of sound, which is a whole different chapter of acoustics. So, a compromise is founding the best compensatory (cheating) specs in order to balance it. You might try to listen to some comparison between 'same piece' German and Boehm music, as well as on historical instruments. I hope you are also familiar that Boehm system clarinets are "forbidden" (let's say not accepted) in present German language countries' classical orchestras, of course for the sake of sound quality, intonation and consistancy, not out of patriotic feelings. I also hope this will all clear it up for you. Best regards!
Post Edited (2020-12-05 01:26)
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