Klarinet Archive - Posting 000214.txt from 1997/11

From: Simon_Aldrich@-----.ca (Simon Aldrich)
Subj: Re: Leblanc Throat mechanism
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 1997 23:14:38 -0500

Lorne G Buick wrote:
> Also, the
>other advantage (on the Rossi clarinets, I don't know about the Leblanc) is
>that they use a smaller register vent, placed higher on the tube, which
>gives better twelfths and more even intonation in the clarion register. So
>that would mean drilling another hole, filling the old one, and replacing
>the register key...

Lorne - When you say "a smaller register vent" do you mean a smaller bore
register tube or a shorter register vent?

Does "placed higher on the tube" mean further up the clarinet?

I ask because I'm having the same problems everyone has with the R13
Prestige vent tube on A clarinet. It's tapered to the middle and then flares
out so it causes terrible undertones and choking at the top of the clarion.
Also it's too low down on the instrument so the twelfths are too wide. I am
going to have the Guy Chadash operation done on it, which has alleviated the
problem for many other players.

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Simon Aldrich

Principal Clarinet - l'Orchestre de l'Opera de Montreal
Principal Clarinet - l'Orchestre Metropolitain de Montreal
Nouvel Ensemble Moderne
Quintet Pentaedre
Les Vents de Montreal

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