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Re: Professional Horns? Who says

Author: Tony M
Date: 2011-06-12 00:06

I'm not sure if this should be another thread or if it continues the question. How do they make clarinets?

Take an example from a different field. When cameras used to have film, they (the word around amateur photographers) used to say that the difference between a Nikon and a XXXX (enter the name of your preferred cheap brand) was that Nikon had more inspectors and retooled their machinery much more often so that what you bought was the product of more stringent checking processes. You could get a good XXXX but it was luck. With Nikon (and other top brands) you were paying for a guarantee of quality. yet the process of making the cameras and lenses remained the same whosoever made the product.

Back to music. I play harmonica and prefer Suzuki harmonicas because I find them to be better tuned out of the box and the tolerances (reed to slot) are much more consistent. They claim to use a laser cutting process for the reeds and I accept that as the source of the (in my opinion) superior quality.

Back to clarinets. Which parts are machined, mechanised, etc. and which are done by hand (assembly only?) and how does this contribute to difference between student, intermediate and professional models?

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