Klarinet Archive - Posting 000015.txt from 2002/01

From: "Stephen C. Moore" <stmoore@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: [kl] Longer Buffet Barrels
Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2002 14:33:27 -0500

Some models of Vandoren mouthpieces play very sharp from my experience
(and I am referring to the ones that are supposed to be 440). I owned 2
B45 lyres, one of them required about the same amount of length to play at
440, and the other needed that plus another 1-2mm - which I sent back. It
was so difficult to match pitch I eventually stopped using it except for
marching band, where they seem to play at 442 all the time anyway :)

Stephen C. Moore stmoore@-----.edu/~stmoore
Technical Assistant, Computer Science Dept., New Mexico State University
"In my country, little is possible and everything's important; In
America, everything is possible and little is important" - Shostakovich
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On Tue, 1 Jan 2002, Karl Krelove wrote:

> Sal,
>
> My first reaction is to ask why your setup is so sharp. Are you using an
> especially sharp mouthpiece (maybe one designed for a 442 A)?
>
> Karl Krelove
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Joan & Sal Mistretta [mailto:joansal@-----.net]
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 12:42 PM
> > To: klarinet@-----.org
> > Subject: [kl] Longer Buffet Barrels
> >
> >
> > Can any one tell me where I can find Buffet barrels that are
> > longer than the
> > standard ones on the market. I have to pull my barrel out so far the cork
> > shows. It's 67mm.
> >
> > Thank you for any help you can give me.
> >
> > Sal Mistretta
> > >
> >
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