Klarinet Archive - Posting 001018.txt from 2003/03

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Artley was Key of A
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 22:46:00 -0500

At 11:45 AM 3/24/2003 -0500, Joe West wrote:
>Here is my routine PLEASE let me know what I am missing.
>
>I take each section, cover holes and end with fingers and palm. Then apply a
>steady pressure into the other end. Listen for leaks, as I try to determine
>if the air in my mouth is bleeding down. If this fails I do not even
>bother with
>the rest.

Not bad, but try SUCKING instead of blowing (or do both). It the section
holds a vacuum well, it should be OK. This avoids the possibility that a
key normally held closed with spring tension is opening from the blowing
pressure. If you can blow very hard WITHOUT that happening, the instrument
is too stiffly sprung!

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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