Klarinet Archive - Posting 001222.txt from 1998/10

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Prestige Bass Clarinet Tuning
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 12:38:01 -0500

On Wed, 28 Oct 1998, Fred Jacobowitz wrote:
> A friend who just bought a low C prestige Bass asked if other
> owners of these instruments have the same tuning problems he has:
> The throat tones are quite flat - especially the A and F (first
> and second space on a staff, respectively). I told him that I suspect that
> either there is
> a problem with the neck piece or even that there are a couple of tone
> holes that are miscut by a few thousanths. That was the case with my
> Leblanc Low C instrument. After getting two holes re-cut it tunes MUCH
> better.

It depends on which version of the Low C Prestige he purchased. Is it the
latest model (released in May of this year) or the model previous? My
Prestige (model previous) had very low open Gs and As that also negatively
affected the overblown 12ths for the upper register. I took it to F.
Kloc, and he undercut until the problem was fixed. He also checked the
neck and adjusted.

I also had problems with the low G being sharp and the upper G (top space
on staff) being flat - some undercutting and adding of material to the
tone holes improved the pitch immensely.

I now have the newest model, and I don't have these problems......but the
solutions would be the same - take it to Francois and have him adjust by
undercutting and adjusting pad height, etc.

Roger Garret
IWU

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