Klarinet Archive - Posting 000707.txt from 1999/04

From: "Don Yungkurth" <clarinet@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Re: Undertones (was Overtones)
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 14:19:45 -0400

Dave Sandusky wrote:

>I am having trouble eliminating an overtone (or maybe its an
>"undertone") I get when playing at the top of the clarion register. I
>get a soft tone an 11th below the note I am playing. This happens
>mainly from the A thru C. For example, when I play a C (T + RK), I also
>get a faint throat G. For a B, a throat F. My old instructor noticed
>it, but we couldn't figure out a way to get rid of it. It typically
>happens when playing softer-not much problem when playing louder.
>Perhaps I'm pinching? I am using #3 V12's on an R-13. Thanks in
>advance for any suggestions!

I had read earlier on this list that this undertone problem could be
corrected by minimizing the opening of the register key. I had been having
this problem when I first got my new-to-me Eb, and reducing the amount the
register key opened significantly helped. This is easy to try without
major surgery to the clarinet by putting a small piece of note card (or two
or three) on the body of the clarinet, under the key, with double sided
tape, at the point where the cork on the underside of the key contacts the
clarinet (right next to the thumb hole).

Don Yungkurth (clarinet@-----.net)

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