Klarinet Archive - Posting 000381.txt from 1997/11

From: Jrykorten@-----.com
Subj: Re: Not Sharp Throat Tones
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 11:10:49 -0500

Your pitch problems come from switching over from a Buffet. You will find=
you
can relax your embouchure on the Leblanc in the throat tone region and th=
ey
will play in tune. You are used to pinching up a Buffet which is required=
as
they are soooo out of tune.

You will also find you can stay in tune with better tone on these throat
tones when playing PPP.

I know because I switch between these instruments all the time.

Jerry Korten
NYC

PS I have many principal hobos right outside my apartment building in NYC=
!
:-)

Here in the US a hobo is a poor bum, an oboe is just and unfortunate
instrument.

In a message dated 97-11-10 07:10:40 EST, you write:

<<=20

A week ago there was a very low humidity (someone measured a humid. of
34%)in our rehearsel-hall (Frits Philips Hall in Eindhoven-The Netherland=
s,
yes, Frits Philips is the founder of the Philips (electronica) company):
the hobo of our principal hobo-player cracked (lor=E9e), so did the Buffe=
t
Elite clarinet of my principal and mine (also BC Elite). We (the two
clarinet-players) have a huge crack (5 cm.) on the same place/spot on the
lower part of the clarinet.

SNIP...

The only problem I had with all the LeBlancs was: the throught (how do yo=
u
spell this), I mean: g', g#', a', bflat' very, very high pitched (puttin=
g
your right hand down while playing these notes wasn't good enough: still=
15
cents to high!). But, "Mr LeBlanc" told me, that I could come to the
LeBlanc factories and let the make a special designed LeBlanc for me, so
also the pitch problems could be solved. Well: that is definitely someth=
ing
else than the somehow arrogant attitude of the Buffet factory: "if they
sound not well it is your fault, not ours"
=20
OK,
it seems my clarinet looks like bleeding,
snif, snif,
=20
yours,
Jeroen T. Salm
The Netherlands
jtsalm@-----.nl
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