Klarinet Archive - Posting 000622.txt from 2003/03

From: howard klug <hklug@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] intonation
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2003 02:30:08 -0500

Richard:

I've never tried tuning rings at the top of the barrel because, as you
quite rightly observe, they would have to be cut down (to width, not
thickness). I'm not sure it would be worth the trouble, since pulling
there doesn't seem to produce a variation in timbre as does pulling at the
bottom of the barrel. Quite frankly, locking myself into a pitch through
tuning rings makes me a little "nervous," as I then remove my ability to
respond quickly to any necessary pitch changes (to find the sharpening
horns, for example) of an upward nature as the peformance
continues...never cut off any path of retreat, I guess...

Howard

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