Klarinet Archive - Posting 000144.txt from 2004/06

From: Umar Goldeli <umar@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Clarinet issues - A or Bb??
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 03:43:22 -0400

Hi Liz,

> 1. The piano is in fact not tuned to concert pitch but to itself, and is a
> semitone flat

This one I'm not sure about - will check. Thank you. Although the piano's
owner is a pianist so hopefully had it tuned appropriately.

> 2. As you are a beginner, your embouchure is very weak and to play in tune
> with the piano you need a shorter barrel.

I used to play sax, and while embouchure is different - my embouchure is
not *that* weak.. I also tried a tighter embouchure to bring up the tone -
and can more or less bring it up half a semi-tone - but it feels overly
tight and gets impossibly painful to try to keep D and E for example in
tune with transposed counterparts on the piano.

The other thing that has me suspicious is that the clarinet was shipped
with "series 10" branded pullthrough cloth, the wrong selmer case, generic
brand cork grease and not "mint condition" warranty papers.. suggesting
that the clarinet may have been "loose" somewhere else in their warehouse
and picked incorrectly..

Thanks again..

//umar.

> Liz
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Umar Goldeli" <umar@-----.com>
> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2004 8:27 AM
> Subject: [kl] Clarinet issues - A or Bb??
>
>
> > Greetings all,
> >
> > Although I have been lurking for a short while, this is my first post to
> > this list.. greetings from Japan! ;)
> >
> > Firstly, let me begin by saying that I am an absolute beginner - so if
> > there is something I've missed - I apologize - I have "googled" for an
> > answer - to no avail.
> >
> > I have just recently bought a brand new Selmer Recital B1510-R Bb Clarinet
> > from an online store called music123.com .. all was well and I was quite
> > happy until I decided to play a really basic duo with a piano (recently
> > tuned)..
> >
> > The short of the story is that the clarinet's C tunes to the piano's A
> > perfectly and not Bb.. which leads me to believe that this is in fact an A
> > clarinet.. as opposed to the Bb that I ordered.
> >
> > Is there any way to tell what this clarinet is from the serial number for
> > a positive identification? I have looked all over the clarinet for other
> > markings, but cannot find any other markings..
> >
> > Also if there are any Selmer people on this list with access to such a
> > database - the serial is N06160 and barrel shipped with the clarinet was
> > marked with 625 and mouthpiece "C85, 120".
> >
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks in advance and best regards..
> >
> > //umar.
> >

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