Klarinet Archive - Posting 000592.txt from 2003/03

From: "Dee D. Flint" <deehays@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Modifying the intonation of a clarinet
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 17:51:45 -0500

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From: "Lelia Loban" <lelialoban@-----.net>
Subject: [kl] Modifying the intonation of a clarinet

>
> [snip] I have a Buffet Albert system in Eb from 1898 that I can
> see is considerably shorter than modern Eb sopranos, so it will be
> high-piched, if I ever get around to re-padding it and replacing the
broken
> mouthpiece that came with it (which wasn't the original-- it's hard
rubber,
> probably from the 1920s or 1930s) with one that might work.

Hard rubber mouthpieces were available in the 1800s but when they became
"standard" I don't know.

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