Klarinet Archive - Posting 000657.txt from 2002/01

From: "Daniluk, Bill" <bdaniluk@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Gap in tenon socket between upper and lower joint
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 10:43:22 -0500

Walter - it sounds like there is a market for "assorted nylon clarinet
shims", along with instructions for placement and usage. When you start
marketing them, put me on the interested parties list!
BD

PS Don't bother making them from cocobolo!

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From: GrabnerWG@-----.com]
Subject: Re: [kl] Gap in tenon socket between upper and lower joint

Ron Monsen says:
<<Walter--you may want to investigate the gap present between the bottom of
the mouthpiece and the top of the socket. Peter Hancock makes quite a point
of..................>>

Indeed, Ron. This a an area where a gap can make some really huge
differences.

I remember about five years back, I had a shop shorten one of my barrels,
because it seemed like I was flat in every ensemble I played in. The barrel
came back shorter, but the intonation was suspect, and the tone wasn't the
same. It was "duller".

I finally figured out what the problem was. Obviously, when you shorten a
barrel, the corresponding tenon socket must be deepened as well. (This is
almost always done at the top of the barrel, I believe).

Well, when they deepened the tenon socket, they went too deep. The
mouthpiece tenon could never reach bottom. A measureable gap was left, which
created the above problem.

Now, of course, I make my own barrels, so I can have the exact fit that I
want. But thanks for the pointer!

Walter Grabner
www.clarinetxpress.com

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