Klarinet Archive - Posting 000257.txt from 1997/05

From: Karl Krelove <kkrelove@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Tuning and Reeds
Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 21:53:01 -0400

At 11:25 AM 5/8/97 -0400, you wrote:
>I recently seem to be playing sharp on my clarinet such that I have to pull
>way out to get in tune with the band.
>Can anyone give me some tips as to what is happening? Is the clarinet
>changing? Is it the reed (Vandoren #3)? Perhaps the weather??
>Thanks for any help, Benedict (Arlesheim, Switzerland)
>
Does anyone else who tries your instrument/mouthpiece have the same
problem? Do you have the same problem on someone else's setup who normally
plays in tune with no apparent difficulty? It's easy enough to narrow the
cause of the problem down to either the equipment or the player. Check it out.

Karl