Klarinet Archive - Posting 000988.txt from 1999/09

From: "Dee D. Hays" <deehays@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] unstable high A
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 11:06:43 -0400

-----Original Message-----
From: Note Staff Unlimited <notestaff@-----.de>
Date: Tuesday, September 28, 1999 4:08 AM
Subject: [kl] unstable high A

>Greetings to all,
>
>Does anyone know why I might have developed a problem with my high A
>(fourth line above the staff)??? It used to be just fine on my A and Bb
>(Wurlitzer reform-Boehms from 1972) but lately on my Bb (not on the A -
>that's fine) I have to use the Ab/Eb key to stabilize it.
>
>What could be the cause of that? Could it be guck in the holes? Warped
>bore? New filling in my tooth?? Too much bass saxophone??? I would be
>grateful for any ideas.

Check and see if the pad just above the middle fingerhole is seating
completely. It may have gotten out of adjustment or gotten damaged. This
really destabilizes notes and the A would be more sensitive than anything
below it.

Dee Hays
Canton, SD

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