Klarinet Archive - Posting 000552.txt from 2001/06

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: [kl] Doing your own tuning
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 11:37:45 -0400

On Tue, 19 Jun 2001 08:10:52 -0700, shwhite2@-----.net said:

> I play an older R13 (circa 1955) and have noticed that I don't always
> need the Eb key for high D as well as other oddities - like I play my
> throat 'A' with nearly every hole closed save the first finger of the
> left hand to get it *in the ball park* of being in tune. Since I
> cannot afford to purchase another instrument at this time, it will
> just have to do.

Why not flatten that A if it's uncomfortably sharp? All you need to do
is run some hard wax into the hole, perhaps into both that hole and the
G# hole depending on the circumstances -- or use blutak, or something
else.

I'm sure someone has posted here the few small tips that might help you
to do this effectively first time.

Tony
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