Klarinet Archive - Posting 000567.txt from 1998/02

From: "John Gates" <cadenza@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Buzzy Notes
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 22:45:16 -0500

As I recall the low B flat and A are very sharp on the L27. They are high
notes on any clarinet but particularly troublesome on Leblancs.
-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Nichols <stevenic@-----.nz>
Date: Friday, February 13, 1998 5:59 PM
Subject: Buzzy Notes

>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
>
>Hi Anna :-)
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