Klarinet Archive - Posting 000440.txt from 1995/11

From: Delton Sizemore <sizemod@-----.AU>
Subj: Re: Buffet R-13 clarinets
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 1995 23:51:59 -0500

On Sat, 25 Nov 1995 juliek@-----.ORG wrote:

> To: IN: klarinet@-----.bitnet
>
> I sent out a message a few weeks ago regarding Buffet
> Clarinets. To those who responded, Thanks! I am still looking so if
> anyone knows any band directors who may have students selling
> clarinets, or you know of anyone else selling Buffet clarinets please
> let me know. I am looking for a fairly new clarinet and my price range
> is around $1000. Anyone have any suggestions? I can't afford a brand
> new clarinet because of the cost of college (I will be an entering
> freshman next year.)
> I play on LeBlanc L-300's but have trouble with intonation of
> high F, throat A natural, and B natural below the 2nd break. I found
> out a lot of this with a tuner, and I played in an honor band a few
> weeks back. 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. Does anyone know a similar way to
> bring the LeBlanc down to pitch?
> Thanks,
> Julianne Kirk
> Senior in High School
> juliek@-----.org
> ___
> * UniQWK #2178* How do you get two piccolos to play in unison? Shoot one!
>
I play a Le Blanc Esprite and my tuner tells me my high F and F# are
flat. (more than 1/8 of a tone. G is fine. I have been shown how to
bring these notes nicely into tune by depressing the right hand rings
without covering the holes. Is that what you mean by the fork key ? I
find it imposible to lip up these notes the amount required. I have an
older LeBlanc A as well and this does not have this problem to the same
extent. It seems to me to be a significant design fault.
The Esrite is a popular model here for serious students as it is about
$1000 cheaper than a full professional model.

Del Sizemore
Lismore
NSW
Australia