Klarinet Archive - Posting 001279.txt from 1999/05

From: "Dee D. Hays" <deehays@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Old clarinets and intonation
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 20:50:12 -0400

Age should not cause the pitch to change. Perhaps the tone holes are merely
dirty and need cleaning. Throat tones, especially Bb, are super sensitive
to even the slightest film or build up in the tone hole.

Dee Hays
Canton, SD

-----Original Message-----
From: SDuguet@-----.com>
Date: Thursday, May 27, 1999 11:12 AM
Subject: [kl] Old clarinets and intonation

>I have a set of Buffet Prestige that is about 10 years old. Recently, I
have
>observed that the throat register is difficult to keep in tune. It usually
>plays flat.
>
>How does the age of a clarinet affect the intonation of this register?
>Is this a common problem encountered on all the makes, or is that more of a
>"Buffet issue"?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Sebastien Duguet
>
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