Klarinet Archive - Posting 000540.txt from 2001/11

From: GrabnerWG@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Speaking of "Returning Clarinetists"....Walter G.
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 16:28:15 -0500

Magnus says:

<<In my opinion they are a problem on the clarinet, in
my case they are a bit flat, but they are also slightly "choked". You dont get the same clear sound from those notes. Comprende ...>>

Comprendo...

My research tells me that the lowest 1/3 or 1/4 of the bore inside the barrel controls the twelths from E to B, F to C.

I have had some success opening the bore of the barrel in the lowest 1/4 section of the bore a few thousandths of an inch.

Counter-intuitively, opening this area raised the throat tones and lowered the clarion A, B, C; the corresponding 12ths.

Narrowing the 12ths, as it were.

Walter Grabner
www.clarinetxpress.com
Mouthpieces, barrels, reed making book

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