Klarinet Archive - Posting 000245.txt from 1999/09

From: "Tim Roberts" <timr@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] More Stuffiness
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 17:10:56 -0400

It seems as though every stuffy note problem is familiar to at least one other
list member, and thus far every request has been met with several good
suggestions. Thus, I'll through mine into the ring.

I play in a community band with a Vito, using a Portnoy BP2 mouthpiece and a
Legere 2.5 reed. My fourth-line D is noticeably stuffy; I have to use
significantly more air pressure to get the same volume as other nearby notes.
I don't notice it on C or B. I haven't noticed the problem on the low G, but
that might simply be because the note doesn't occur as often.

I'm wondering if the pad on the F/C key might be too close to the hole. Is
that a familiar problem? I hesitate to dink with it, because of the linkage
with the F#/C# and E/B keys, but I can't think of what else might be unique to
the D.

Suggestions?

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- Tim Roberts, timr@-----.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

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