Klarinet Archive - Posting 000652.txt from 1998/07

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] sliver keys and improvements
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 04:28:13 -0400

I think Oehler instruments do have bell holes. Are there any "Boehm"
instruments made with them??
rjs

On Mon, 20 Jul 1998, Ed Maurey wrote:

> Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 21:57:31 -0300
> From: Ed Maurey <edsshop@-----.ca>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: [kl] sliver keys and improvements
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> Firstly, somebody asked if filling the sliver key hole with epoxy flush
> with the bore effected intonation or tone: Not on straight tone holed
> Selmers. Perhaps, on undercut holes it would, but I rather doubt it.
> Secondly, I have another accoustical improvement I think is worthy.
> Years ago I was retuning an old C clarinet that was hideously flat. I
> was able to sharpen all the notes but the bottom E/B. After scratching
> my head I remembered seeing an old clarinet with a hole drilled in the
> bell. Being a machinist figured I could manage the surgery. After a
> little experimentation a 1/4" hole down about 1 1/4" from the top of
> the bell seemed to sharpen the note just right. HOWEVER, the tone of
> both E and particularly B was greatly improved. That was years ago. I
> have since developed a variation on that theme. On other C clarinets
> that are in tune I use a standard Bb/A bell with a 5/16" hole drilled
> 1 1/4" from the top. It's a real improvement for the bottom three notes
> in both registers. That's [count them] a six note improvement.
> Now, I ask you, my fellow Sneezyists, why don't clarinet manufactuers
> put longer bells on their Bb/A instruments with appropriate vent holes?
> I know damned well you'd love the results?
> In passing, perhaps some of us old farts remember playing "Full
> Boehms". That low Eb really helped the middle B. Bottom notes love
> venting.
> Ed Maurey
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