Klarinet Archive - Posting 000580.txt from 2000/12

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Tuning
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 18:29:39 -0500

At 02:26 PM 12/11/2000 -0800, Mike Dowler wrote:
>Last March I had my Bb soprano professionally "set up" for about
>$475(US) by Bob MacDonald in Vancouver. The tuning is as perfect as I
>could ask for in a clarinet (supposedly, more work for more money
>involving modifications to the tone holes can be done, but I'm quite
>happy with what have at the moment), and the keywork is excellent.
>Passages in the Debussy P.R. and the Rozsa Sonatina which used to be
>left to chance sit perfectly under my fingers. I would reccomend
>getting both tuning and keywork done if you are playing any solo work
>in concert or have the opportunity to play principal in an orchestra
>playing difficult repertoire. It leaves much less to chance and
>allows you to concentrate more on the music. A procedure like this
>works just as well on an intermediate model wooden clarinet. My
>teacher, Wesley Foster (Vancouver Symphony), keeps an intermediate
>model in top condition for outdoor concerts and other dangerous
>situations!

I still can't help but wonder -- if all these aftermarket guys know all the
tricks to make these horns work better, why can't the original
manufacturers figure them out?

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.com
451 Old Orchard Drive http://homepages.go.com/~zoot14/zoot14.html
Essexville, MI 48732 ICQ UIN 4862265

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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