Klarinet Archive - Posting 000647.txt from 2002/01

From: "Gene Nibbelin" <gnibbelin@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Gap in tenon socket between upper and lower joint
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 22:09:18 -0500

"Genius" Ed -

How COULD you say such nasty things about Buffet's quality controls???

Just checked the joints of my Leblanc pair. I don't think that you would
want any closer fits.

Do you think that correcting the joint gaps would solve any of Buffet's
other problems?

Couldn't resist doing a little "needling". Just kidding as I have no
knowledge about Leblanc's quality control other than that evidenced by my
Concertos.

Gene Nibbelin

-----Original Message-----
From: Ed & Carol Maurey [mailto:edsshop@-----.ca]
Subject: Re: [kl] Gap in tenon socket between upper and lower joint

I was the genius who brought up the issue of crappy fits between joints.
I've also noticed how flat throat tones miraculously disappear as these gaps
fill with water. The addition of a well chosen tuning ring will often
sharpen an instrument's pitch! The manufactures of these instruments can
only be described as quality control slobs.

Ed Maurey
----- Original Message -----
From: <GrabnerWG@-----.com>
Subject: Re: [kl] Gap in tenon socket between upper and lower joint

> This is a good example of the supreme value of this list.
>
> A few weeks back, there was a thread concerning the measureable gap in the
tenon socket of the lower joint of the Bb and A clarinet, and the fact that
it was present in almost every clarinet. I measured both my clarinets, and
to my chagrin, found a gap of almost a millimeter in the Bb and at least a
1/2 millimeter in the A.
>
> Well, this I thought, is INTOLERABLE.
>
> Being lucky enough to have a lathe, I turned down two nylon tuning rings
so that they fit in the tenon socket in the clarinets and fill up the gap.
>
> The improvement, in tone, response of the entire clarinet, and the closer
tuning of the right hand 12ths is measureable. It's not an overwhelming
change, but an improvement that I definately found worth doing.
>
> It it wasn't for this list, I probably would never have noticed!
>
> Walter Grabner
> www.clarinetXpress.com
>
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