Klarinet Archive - Posting 001398.txt from 1999/01

From: TOM RIDENOUR <klarinet@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] selmer centered tone
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 10:46:06 -0500

>Tom Ridenour wrote about Selmer Centered Tone and other wide bore
>clarinets.
>
>Thanks for making the differences clear. Although I've read a lot of
>comments about these horns over the time I've been on the klarinet list,
>this is the first time I've begun to understand both the strengths and
>weaknesses of such horns.
>
>Jim
>
Jim,
I'm glad you are helped by the information. I'd like to be very specific
if any one has any confusion about this matter. Here goes:

tuning:
Low Register:
small bore: in tune chalumeau right hand (after undercutting)
large bore: sharp chalumeau right hand depending upon the bore size
Middle:
small bore and large bore have rather compatible clarion registers

High:
Small bore: intune to low on the infamous high "F" and "F#"
Large bore: sharper high tones

You can see the small and large bores are not compatible in tuning in low
and high registers. This can cause real problems when the clarinets are
mixed in a section.
Plus, the large bore clarinet is hardly in tune with itself, since its'
right hand low tones are not only high to the clarion of the small bore
clarinet, but high in relation to its' own clarion pitches.

tom

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