Klarinet Archive - Posting 001416.txt from 2004/03

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Tuning experiment
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 15:36:49 -0500

At 11:16 PM 3/7/2004 -0500, Walter Grabner wrote:
>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.

I tried the experiment today with a couple of available horns (averages of
several trials, all with same Woodwind K10M setup and stock barrels):

Selmer Aristocrat CL600: F= +5, C= -3. Selmer Series 10: F= 0, C= -3.

Bundy 1400: F= 0, C= 0!

Bill Hausmann

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

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