Klarinet Archive - Posting 000300.txt from 1996/05

From: Terri Kimiko Oda <as648@-----.CA>
Subj: Re: center joint tuning
Date: Mon, 13 May 1996 21:27:39 -0400

>"Centre joint tuning" also tends to disturb the proper functioning of the
>bridge key - especially if the cork is at all worn; the joint then wobbles,
>causing all sorts of intermittent squeaks, bad intonation, and failure to hit
>the L.H. little finger side properly keys now and again, owing to the hand
>position being disturbed.

Hmm... this might account for the abnormally high number of chirps I've
been getting lately. Is there any way to minimize this, assuming I have no
choice but to pull out the centre joint? (As it gets warmer here, I have
to pull out a bit more, and have resorted to pulling out the centre joint as
the barrel is already pulled out ridiculously far.)

Maybe I should really look into getting a longer barrel or something. *shrug*

-> Terri <-

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