Klarinet Archive - Posting 000611.txt from 2001/10

From: "Klumpes, Ron" <Ron.Klumpes@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Real Questions Here
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 09:13:45 -0400

On Friday, 19 October 2001 00:11, Roger Garrett wrote:

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>Still - while barrels make the biggest difference in pitch - and are
>helpful in "tweaking" a basic tone (higher partials, lower partials,
>masking one or both, etc.), there is also a lot to be said for taking your

>current barrel and turning it 1/8th of a turn around until you find a
>position that it seems to work/sound/tune best. This also works with the
>bell.

I've never tried turning the bell around - I can't: I'm playing
Schmidt-Kolbe....;-)
It has a tuning-hole through the bottom tenon and the bell.

I've heard that a fair few German-system players leave the bell off
altogether - they deem it to be superfluous.

Good tip about the barrel, though.

Ron Klumpes,
Alice Springs, Oz.

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