Klarinet Archive - Posting 000668.txt from 1998/11

From: "Ed Maurey" <edsshop@-----.ca>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Eb intonation range
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 08:19:59 -0500

My experience is that if the bottom E and F are flat the problem can be
corrected by increasing bore in the region of the bottom tone hole. A flap
hone is probably the best tool for that. The change will have little, if
any, effect on clarion C and B.
Ed Maurey
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> From: Don Yungkurth <clarinet@-----.net>
> To: Klarinet (Messages) <klarinet@-----.org>
> Subject: [kl] Re: Eb intonation range
> Date: Sunday, November 15, 1998 1:53 AM
>
> Bill Edinger writes:
>
> "I'm evaluating Eb clarinets right now, for purchase, and I have a
> question as to what to expect in regard to the limits of intonation. It
> is flat on bottom F and E, but I get the impression that is pretty
> common and of little concern, since those aren't notes often used or
> exposed. It's become apparent to me that the question is not so much as
> to whether "it plays in tune," but rather whether "it can be played in
> tune" with relative ease. Well, this one - I won't mention the brand,
> to prevent prejudice - is remarkably in tune from bottom F# up to high
> D, and then goes sharp and then flat above that. Are these notes of any
> significance in most band literature? I am NOT going to be playing Till
> Eulenspiegel in this lifetime, just community band and clarinet choir
> music, and I can get this one for a very good price. If that range is
> all that I'll probably ever need, it would be a great buy. Advice,
> please?"
>
> I'm currently playing Eb in a band and find that notes up to G (4th line
> above the staff) are needed. Considering the way Eb can cut through, I
> consider the intonation of notes above the staff very important.
>
> Don Yungkurth (clarinet@-----.net)
>
>
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