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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000040.txt from 2006/07
From: "Lim Sze Ai, Esther" <elsa15@-----.sg>
Subj: [DR-L] Instrument Problem
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 02:27:53 -0400
Dear List,
Need your advice on instrument issues...
One of the high schools I teach at recently bought a Schreiber 5016 from one
of the local music companies. I tested it on the day we received it, and the
instrument had a problem with the third space E. It was so flat until the
tuner actually registered it as an E-flat! (At first I thought I was
hallucinating and that I only 'imagined' moving my fingers to change the
note)
Have any of you encountered this problem before and found a solution for it?
I will probably send it back to the company, but it would help to tell them
exactly what the technical issues are. Unfortunately, their technical
department are NOT bassoonists.
I've seen a similar problem (though not as serious) on a Puchner bassoon,
and if my memory serves me correctly, when the owner brought it back to the
factory in Germany, they had to do minor adjustments to the angle at which
the open hole was cut into the bassoon.
What do you guys think?
Esther
P.S. Apologies if I'm not making myself clear... I'm not too good on the
technical aspects of it all...
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