Klarinet Archive - Posting 000646.txt from 1998/10

From: pollyg@-----. Gulakowski)
Subj: Re: [kl] grunt- register tube
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 20:35:35 -0400

Excuse my ignorance - what is "grunting"? I've not heard that term
before.
tia
Paulette
Live a life of EXCLAMATION not explanation!
Old clarinetists never die, they just get reed-ic-u-lous!
{'!'}?

On Wed, 14 Oct 1998 10:35:53 -0400 "David C. Blumberg"
<reedman@-----.com> writes:
>Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 18:12:44 -0700
>To: "'klarinet@-----.org>
>From: "Kevin Fay (LCA)" <kevinfay@-----.com>
>Subject: "Grunting"
>A post a while back described how a student's tone "grunted" from
>top-line G
>through high C, and was fixed by the replacement of the register key
>post.
>Unfortunately, I was too effective in cleaning out my email archive.
>Could
>someone w/ knowledge please expound on this?
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>It was I. A student had bought an E-11 A clarinet, and it was grunting
>-
>grunted for me too. She got another one, and it is fine. I mentioned
>that
>Abe Galper's register tube would have fixed the problem, but it is
>only for
>Bb Clarinets. More info on my web page if you want to read about it.
>I myself had to have Mark Jacobi replace (made a new one) for my
>Buffet
>Prestige A Clarinet 10 years ago, as it grunted because of the
>register
>tube (was the wrong length).
>David Blumberg
>reedman@-----.com
>http://www.sneezy.org/clarinet/Music/Blumberg.html
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