Klarinet Archive - Posting 000674.txt from 2000/10

From: rgarrett@-----.edu
Subj: Re: [kl] Sharp Clarion A, B & C on A clarinet
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 12:21:37 -0400

At 09:37 AM 10/12/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>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!

I remember seeing your Eb and you showed me that. You also recommended it
for the RC I have - and you recommended someone in New York - could you
provide the information again?

Many thanks.

Sincerley,
Roger Garrett

Roger Garrett
Professor of Clarinet
Director, Symphonic Winds
Head, Recording Studio
Illinois Wesleyan University
School of Music
Bloomington, IL 61702-2900
(309) 556-3268

"A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes
another's."
Jean Paul Richter (1763-1825)

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