Klarinet Archive - Posting 000669.txt from 2000/10
From: "Gregory Smith" <Gregory@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Sharp Clarion A, B & C on A clarinet
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 10:51:15 -0400
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From: "Clark W Fobes" <reedman@-----.com>
Subject: [kl] Sharp Clarion A, B & C on A clarinet
Clark Said:
<<In response to Walter's distress over the sharp upper left hand of his A
clarinet , >>>
Since I'm jumping in late here, did I miss a part of this conversation or
could this be a solution:
Relocate the register vent up towards the top end of the clarinet about 1mm.
This would drop only the notes mentioned without destroying the twelfths or
any other notes including the throat Bb (if you have the right register tube
configuration).You would have to extend the length of the register key a
bit.
I just dont think that the register vent is high enough for some people
playing the R13, especially the older ones. I had this done on my R13 Eb and
those notorious notes are as well in tune as my Bb. I didn't think it
possible!
Clark then said:
<<<I have noticed this characteristic (sharpness in the upper left hand)
with some of the Zinner blanks I worked with.>>
Which ones Clark? All of the ones that I've played show a tendency to be
right on in that area and ever so slightly under (5 cents maybe) in the
bottom twelfths. Both blanks do this for me. In fact, this seems by all
accounts that I've witnessed or experienced to be one of the extrodinary
things about the blank...that the twelfths are so close together without the
throats dropping too low.
>>>I am also in the process of updating my article on tuning the clarinet
that was published in "The Clarinet" in 1986. I hope to have that up in on
my website in the next month as well.Clark w Fobes>>>
Looking forward to it!
All the best,
Gregory Smith
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