Klarinet Archive - Posting 000731.txt from 1998/12

From: David Renaud <studiorenaud@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] flat notes on A clarinet
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 03:18:03 -0500

Have you checked your machine against another reference.
I'm not suggesting there isn't a problem, but I have seen expensive
machines mis-calibrated by as much as 20 cents, and this could be
exaggerating the problem.
It's worth checking against another reference.

Ed Maurey wrote:

> You need to increase the bore in the area of your bottom tone hole. But,
> not enough to sharpen the twelfth. Also, the bottom hole could use more
> undercutting.
>
> Ed Maurey
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> > From: gdubac <gdubac@-----.com>
> > To: klarinet@-----.org
> > Subject: [kl] flat notes on A clarinet
> > Date: Saturday, December 19, 1998 7:51 PM
> >
> > I am having a lot of trouble with my low e and f on my A clarinet. When
> > my clarinet is warmed up it is about 30 cents flat just on those two
> > notes when I am tuning to A@-----. The rest of it has just about perfect
> > intonation. I am using a 650 barrel which is the smallest one I have
> > heard of. I have put my B-flat clarinet bell on my A clarinet in order
> > to raise the pitch as well. I keep my throat open, I try different
> > reeds, I lip up and the needle just stays around that 25-30 cents flat
> > area. The reason I am worried is because I am going to play the second
> > clarinet part for the Overture-Fantasie to Romeo and Juliet by
> > Tchaikovsky which starts with a woodwind choir. I have to play those
> > notes a few times and I know they are going to be out of tune. Got any
> > ideas how I can raise the pitch?
> >
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