Klarinet Archive - Posting 000732.txt from 1998/12

From: David Renaud <studiorenaud@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] flat notes on A clarinet
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 03:20:58 -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.
If the machine is sharp, then perhaps you have flexability to
lip up most of the instrument but not so easily at the bottom of the horn.

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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