Klarinet Archive - Posting 001021.txt from 1999/02

From: "Dee D. Hays" <deehays@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] B natural
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 11:22:33 -0500

-----Original Message-----
From: Laura24019@-----.com>
Date: Saturday, February 27, 1999 10:01 AM
Subject: Re: [kl] B natural

>Thanks to all who have helped me, I'm on my way to finding a nice alternate
>fingering for the B flat, and the third trill fingering also sounds pretty
>good when I can use it. I don't think its a problem of dirt because the
>clarinet is very clean, and the register pad is very white. I'll have my
>clarinet teacher check it over for any other possible causes.
>
>Laura

The hole can look perfectly clean and so can the pad. This hole is small
enough that just a light coating on the walls of the hole can do it. The
only way you can tell if it is dirty is to take off the register key and
clean the hole with something like a pipe cleaner through the hole and see
if it comes out clean.

I keep my clarinet perfectly clean too and always store it in its case when
not playing and still have to clean this hole every now and then as my
clarinet is particularly sensitive.

Dee Hays
Canton, SD

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