Klarinet Archive - Posting 000599.txt from 2004/03

From: mginesi@------.net
Subj: Re: [kl] Tuning experiment
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 16:48:34 -0500

re: walter's experiment....

on my 1966 Buffet R-13, using a 65mm Moennig A barrel, [which i use on the A clar as well]
my throat F is right on and my high C is 3 cents sharp, with a "spread" of 3 cents.

i use a old Chedeville mouthpiece, and v12 reeds. i used a Korg OT-12 tuner set to 440

[i used my buffet barrel for kicks...F was 4 cents flat and c was right on...go figure...]

michael
> I would like to try a VERY unscientific experiment, but one which we may all
> find very revealing. All it will require is your Bb clarinet, a few minutes,
> and a tuner. (Let's only do Bb clarinets right now, we'll save the A clarinets
> for later.)
>
> For those who want to participate, I would like you to warm up as you usually
> do, for at least 15 minutes. Please try to use your "normal" reeds and avoid
> unusually warm or cold temperatures.
>
> Then I would like you to tune as you usually do to your tuner. A=440, 441,
> 442, it doesn't really matter for this experiment.
>
> Then, close your eyes and play a second space F (thumb only). Please play
> mezzo-forte. As you are playing, open your eyes, and look at the tuner. Then
> record how sharp or flat your are from "on the needle."
>
> Then do the same for the 12th above, high C, second leger line above the
> staff. Record how sharp or flat you are from "on the needle."
>
> Please do not use "special fingerings."
>
> Computer the "spread" on the 12ths and report back in.
>
> If you want, tell us about make/model of clarinet you use and, if applicable,
> special barrel (Moennig, Chadash, Fobes, etc.) that you use.
>
> For example, on my 1968 Buffet R-13, using a Buffet barrel, my throat F is 5
> cents flat, and my high C is 11 cents sharp, with a "spread" therefore of 16
> cents.
>
> Call it a consciousness-expanding experiment.
>
> Walter
> www.clarinetXpress.com
> good stuff
>
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