Klarinet Archive - Posting 000888.txt from 1997/03

From: Martin Marks <mmarks@-----.NET>
Subj: Re: C clarinet stuffiness
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 19:54:54 -0500

At 12:57 PM 3/26/97 -0700, you wrote:
>After giving my C clarinet a fair workout on "Traviata", I am of the
>opinion that several of the high notes are unreasonably stuffy -- Bb 3, B3
>and C3 above the staff. Sometimes they don't want to speak at all. Has
>anyone else encountered this problem, and is there a solution? It appears
>to me that the side Eb-Bb key is rather close and could afford to open out
>more, yet that does not explain the high C problem.
>
>TIA for the help!
>
>Jacqueline Eastwood
>University of Arizona/Arizona Opera Orchestra
>eastwooj@-----.edu
>
>I believe you said you were using a Noblet. I have one also and haven't
had that problem with this
clarinet. I have played on mouthpiece, reed combinations on A and Bb
clarinets where C 3 would
not speak immediately. I assume you've tried more than one mouthpiece, reed
combination.

Marty Marks