Klarinet Archive - Posting 000189.txt from 1999/05

From: Richard Bush <rbushidioglot@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] C Clarinets (was Orchestral Rep Question)
Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 14:57:58 -0400

Kevin Fay (LCA) wrote:
>
> Glenn Kantor noted:
> <<<For those C clarinetists who have been having throat tone intonation
> problems..a true C clarinet mouthpiece solves the pitch problems
> in that register. It's definitely worth a try...>>>
>
> I'm pretty sure that the Noblet C I am playing is designed to use a Bb
> mouthpiece--in order to get the pitch down to A=440, I have to pull the
> barrel 2-1/2 mm; a shorter mouthpiece would make the horn unusable.
>
> kjf

Without realizing it, you may have answered your own question. Two and a half
mm of pull is extraordinary and causing you all kinds of problems. DO consider
Glenn's suggestion!

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