Klarinet Archive - Posting 000337.txt from 2002/11

From: "Forest E. Aten Jr." <forestaten@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] On a matter of pitch
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 10:20:57 -0500

William,

Send me your clarinet.....I'll take good care of it.

Forest

----- Original Message -----
From: "William Semple" <wsemple@-----.com>
Subject: Re: [kl] On a matter of pitch

> I have a new R-13, and am using a Seiko ST757, I wonder how the following
> stacks up in the pitch department, not knowing what is good or bad.
>
> Caveat: this is an average. I find tones can vary +- 2,depending on what I
> am doing. Okay so it is in the morning and I've had too much coffee.
>
> I have tried to achieve as steady a tone as I know how, and I take the
> reading when the meter locks for more than a few seconds. I certainly may
> not be doing this correctly.
>
> Starting from low E on up, humidity 40 degrees, temp 69.8
>
> Pitch 441
>
> E -1
> F -2
> F# -3
> G +1
> G# +2
> E +1
> F 00
> F# 00
> C 00
> C# -3
> D -2
> D# -4
> E -4
> F -3
> F# 00
> G 00
> G# 00
> A 00
> A# 00
> B 00
> C +3
> C# +5
> D +7 (yikes, but I know the reason for this. I opened the bottom
B/E
> to get the low G to speak more cleanly. It needs to be adjusted.
Carefully)
> E +3 !! (proves the point)
> F 00
> F# +2
> G +2
> G# 00
> A 00 (absolutely dead on)
> A# -1
> B 00
> C 00
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