Klarinet Archive - Posting 000316.txt from 1999/11

From: Richard Bush <rbushidioglot@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Major tuning/pitch problem with student
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 12:47:22 -0500

You are moving in the right direction. The Yamaha mouthpiece is quite
conservative, but a good mouthpiece. It is better than what the other makers put
with their student horns. A slightly harder reed will probably help some. If you
could play it in tune, then there is probably something wrong about how she is
playing it. How is her breath support? Roll up a magazine and check her tummy.
Is it hard when she plays?

Have you played on the other students' Selmers? I'm assuming they are student
line, plastic Selmers (Bundys). These instruments do tune sharper than Yamahas.
Don't pull them any more than 1 mm, and even then, such a pull should be filled
in with tuning rings.

What pitch standard are you using? Are you tuning to 440? What is the room
temperature? If it is higher than 72, let the pitch go to 441. If it is higher
than 74, let the pitch be 442.

GCalzati@-----.com wrote:

> In a message dated 11/9/99 9:20:00 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> GrabnerWG@-----.com writes:
>
> > Have you played on her equipment? Are you also flat, or up to pitch?
> >
> > Was she flat on totally different equipment?
> >
> > What strength reed is she playing on? If very soft, she might get a full
> > tone, but not use enough embouchure pressure to get the pitch up.
> >
> > You need to get answers to these questions before you can find a solution.
> >
> I can play in tune with her instrument.
> She played my clarinet but with her same mouthpiece, same out of tune result.
>
> She is using a #2 reed. (I am having her try a 21/2 and a 3)
>
> Georgette
>
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