Klarinet Archive - Posting 000656.txt from 2002/01

From: George Kidder <gkidder@-----.org>
Subj: RE: [kl] Gap in tenon socket between upper and lower joint
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 08:15:47 -0500

Just checked all of the joints on my old (ca 1985) R-13. All are right on
- less than 0.2 mm on any of them, and the mouthpiece (a Hite) fills its
socket, too. Now this is an older horn, and was "Brannenized" when it was
new. So either this one was made right, or the fits were adjusted as part
of the fine tuning.

>Ed Maurey wrote:
>
>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.
>

George

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