Klarinet Archive - Posting 000566.txt from 1998/02

From: Stephen Nichols <stevenic@-----.nz>
Subj: Buzzy Notes
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 20:49:25 -0500

Hi all,

After dragging out my LeBlanc L27 to play in a show (I'm a sax/flute
player) I was having having problems with buzzy notes through the low e
up to the d area in the bottom register. I took it to a local repairer
who felt that it could be pads or too low key heights. He suggested
rather than replace the pads (which he felt looked OK), he would open up
the heights a bit. Now the buzz is decreased but these notes are playing
up to 15 cents sharp.

The question is.. Should he have replaced the pads rather than readjust
the heights?

The LeBlanc is back with him at the moment after after a pad fell out
and I'm using an old wooden Jean Martin (Paris). In comparison, this
horn is entirely controllable through the area where the LeBlanc isnt.
But is very sharp on the 3rd line B and 3rd space C but is fine on the
C# up. Hmmmm. Any ideas on that???

I'd like to know peoples thoughts so I can approach again him after the
weekend. Does he sound as if he knows what he is doing?

Steve

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