Klarinet Archive - Posting 000329.txt from 1999/05

From: "Gary L. Smith" <garysmith@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Intonation Problems
Date: Sun, 9 May 1999 23:31:10 -0400

At 10:35 PM 5/7/99 EDT, you wrote:
> As I recall the E-11 is normally stocked with a 64 or 65mm barrel and
>the recommended Bb length for A-440 is 66mm. On most clarinets I would
>suggest changing the Register tube to the Moennig hour glass style to
improve
>the timber and pitch of the throat Bb. But in your case try placing a small
>strip of cloth backed tape in the upper half of the register tube. You
might
>want to get a teacher or repairman to do this as it does take a little
>experience to find the correct amount of tape.

The solution, as Roger G. has pointed out, is to learn to play with a
correct embouchure that gives the horn a chance to be in tune, as the
original poster is apparently learning (has learned) to do. These ads for
the "click" barrels really aggrevate me - I've never tried one, so don't
know if they're mechanically or acoustically any good, but this picture
they encourage of band directors walking down their row with a tuner and
saying "you're flat, click it in one" or v/v disturbs me greatly...

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Gary Smith

garysmith@-----.com

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