Klarinet Archive - Posting 000424.txt from 1995/11

From: Nate <nathan@-----.COM>
Subj: They're not all the same!
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 1995 00:15:52 -0500

Julianne Kirk wrote:

> I was the only first clarinet without a Buffet and I could
>tell on several pitches that I was the one out of tune especially on my
>high F (which is really super sharp.) My high G is fine but I
>understand that there is nothing I can do about the high F except lip
>it down. On the Buffet, I know the high F is flat, and to bring it up
>you add the right hand fork key.

Julianne --

Be sure you try several different brands and models!! I'm sure that high F
isn't flat on every single Buffet clarinet. I played on a model when I was
shopping where the throat A was flat. Every single instrument is going to be
different you know, so you've got to pick out the one that works for *you*
-- not what works for "everyone else." I have a feeling you know all this,
but your posting sounded like you assumed all the clarinets Buffet makes
have the same intonation problems. They most definitely DON'T!

--Nate

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