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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000042.txt from 2006/07
From: "Lindberg, John" <john.lindberg@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: [DR-L] Instrument Problem
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 12:41:33 -0400
The sagging E is often caused by a reed that is too soft (or too long).
Try clipping the tip. I have found that Schreiber bassoons may also
have problems with the C# below that E. Sometimes a shorter/narrower
reed seems to help.
-----Original Message-----
From: Lim Sze Ai, Esther [mailto:elsa15@-----.sg]=20
Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 1:27 AM
To: doublereed@-----.org
Subject: [DR-L] Instrument Problem
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)=20
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.=20
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.=20
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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