Klarinet Archive - Posting 000054.txt from 2003/08

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] E flat sax questions
Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2003 12:01:49 -0400

At 07:05 AM 8/3/2003 -0700, Mary wrote:
>Hello fellow reed-blowers,
>
>Please excuse my frequent comments, but I am new to this site and am
>bursting with questions and excitement to be privy to clarinetist's
>discussions. I'll try not to barrage you with them, but I have pressing
>questions regarding my recent aquisition of an E flat sax: it plays quite
>sharp, how can I flatten it? And my high C and C# are muffled and difficult
>to play. Is this just me or what?

Saxophones are tuned by pushing in and pulling out the mouthpiece on the
neck cork. Perhaps the cork is too compressed and the mouthpiece will not
hold firmly where it needs to be for tuning? A tech can fix that for $10
in 10 minutes. The C and C# COULD be affected by the same problem. C#,
though, is a problematic note on saxes generally.

Bill Hausmann

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

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