Klarinet Archive - Posting 000260.txt from 1997/05

From: Gary_VanCott@-----.com
Subj: Re: Tuning and Reeds
Date: Fri, 9 May 1997 00:51:14 -0400

Gary VanCott = NHIN
05/08/97 09:51 PM
The clarion B is stuffy because the register key opening is in the wrong
place for this note. Bass clarinets commonly have two register openings
(like a saxophone) that make this note sound better and also fix the throat
Bb. This does make the mechanism more complicated and harder to keep in
adjustment, but you would think it would at least be available on some
soprano clarinet models.

A repairman may be able to make some minor adjustment in key positioning. I
found the left little finger B/E too low for my rather small hands and bent
it up myself. I would also like to have the left hand sliver key moved
further away from my middle finger. However, I find the quality of the
mechanism quite good. While I had intented to select an instrument based on
sound quality and intonation I know that I was influenced by the adjustment
of the keys on the instrument I picked.

Gary
Las Vegas, NV

I beielve its the r-13 itself. I alo play sharp on mine. I've only been
using it for a few months and have encountered numerous problems with it.
Including key positioning sharpness in the intonation and a few other
minor technical glitched like the clation B sounds very stuffy. The wood
in the upper joint cracked after the first month. I am beginning to belive
that the r-13 is not all that everyone says it is. But I am very
inexperienced still and am still learning. Does anyone else notice
similiar problems with their r 13s

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