Klarinet Archive - Posting 000456.txt from 2001/11

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Subj: Re: [kl] FW: Speaking of "Returning Clarinetists"....
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 17:16:37 -0500

Thanks Richard and Walter for quick replys. Yes it is the "throat tones"
that are flat. Ive tried to change barrel but the effect is, as you
mentioned Richard, that the second register goes sharp. I´ll try to do these
adjustments you suggested.
By the way. Why are these tones called "throat"? Never heard that name
before.

Magnus B

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Bush" <rbushidioglot@-----.com>
Subject: Re: [kl] FW: Speaking of "Returning Clarinetists"....

> Going along with what Walter said: if the notes that are flat in pitch
> are, indeed, the throat tones, all can have their tuning changed without
> effecting the tuning of anything else. (Remember that the "throat tones"
> are an upward extension of the fundamental register, and as such, are
> not commonly used as regular fingerings in the overblown register.)
>
> If we are talking throat tones, open G can be made sharper by raising
> the height of the top ring key. The G# and A keys can also be set to a
> more open setting. Doing so to all three will affect and raise the
> tuning of Bb.
>
> A shorter barrel will also raise these notes, but will cause the top of
> the second register to go sharper, as well.
>
> -- Richard Bush
> Bassoon Reed Maker
>
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