Klarinet Archive - Posting 000598.txt from 1998/10

From: "Martin Marks" <RxReed@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] C Clarinet intonation question
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 10:06:43 -0400

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From: Ed Maurey <edsshop@-----.ca>
Date: Wednesday, October 14, 1998 7:52 AM
Subject: [kl] C Clarinet intonation question

>I have a set of Selmer Series 9 clarinets [A,Bb and C]. They are lovely
>instrumentsts with very few flaws. However, the C is quite flat in the
extreme
>register. I asked Tom Ridenour about this and he said all the small
clarinets
>are miserable in this respect.
>
>Would anybody else have any suggestions about how I might correct this
problem?
>I might add that I'm a professional machinist who done alot of tuning work
on
>clarinets thru the years but this problem has me baffled.
>Ed Maurey
>
>>If you are using a Bb clarinet mpc. on the C this might be your problem.
I have a C mpc. made by Ralph Morgan which sharpens the upper register of
my C clarinet. The bore of this mpc is slightly different than that of a Bb
mpc. All the major dealers carry Morgan mouthpieces but they would have to
special order the C mpc.
Marty Marks
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