Klarinet Archive - Posting 000056.txt from 2003/12

From: "Musician" <musicians@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Long Register Tube (was for the techies)
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 08:34:09 -0500

Back in 1988 I bought a set of Buffet Prestige Clarinets and the A
Clarinet's Register tube was MUCH too long. Mark Jacobi made me a new
one and it worked fine afterwards. Abe Galper has a very good
Register Tube/Key invention - write me for details as I help Abe with
them if you have a Buffet and want your Bb to sound much more clearly
and in tune. It works wonders.

David Blumberg
http://artists.primetones.com/blummy (NEW SITE)

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From: "Bruce McGarvey" <infodev@-----.net>
Subject: RE: [kl] For the Techies
Message-ID: <IPEGJDJBMLOHABDKGDGGOEIMCDAA.infodev@-----.net>

John,

Not that this is an answer to your question, but the same thing
happened
with a Leblanc Opus I purchased new at the beginning of the year as
they
stopped making that line.

When I finally got used to playing the thing (it's a great deal
different
than my R13) I became very aware of the stuffiness you described. I
took a
look down the bore, and there was this looooong register tube sticking
up!

I wrote to Tom Ridenour about it, and he said that Leblanc
manufacturing had
set many wrong-sized register tubes in their Opus clarinets out of
ignorance
and lack of attention. I sent the horn to him for a replacement, and
one
register tube and $160 (!) later, the horn performs nicely.

I wonder how many clarinets of other manufacturers have this problem
as they
leave the factory.

B. McGarvey

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