Klarinet Archive - Posting 000442.txt from 1997/10

From: Dee Hays <deerich@-----.net>
Subj: Re: Intonation (I think)
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 1997 01:51:40 -0400

Gary_VanCott@-----.com wrote:

> Gary VanCott=NHIN
> 10/11/97 04:01 PM
> The problem with the middle line B is that the register key on the clarinet
> is in the wrong place for this note. Try playing a B with the instrument
> resting on your knee and then reach with your right thumb and press the
> third trill key instead of the register key. A much better sounding note
> will result.

Thanks Gary. I tried that experiment for the 3rd line B natural on my
daughter's clarinet and it too is the effect of the compromises on the register
key. It is not noticeable on my Leblanc Symphonie II though. However the
"price" I pay is in the throat Bb with the standard chromatic fingering.

Dee Hays
deerich@-----.net
Canton, SD