Klarinet Archive - Posting 000727.txt from 2004/07

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Tony=20Pay?= <tony_pay@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Tuning rings
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 12:35:41 -0400

--- Joseph Wakeling <joseph.wakeling@-----.net> wrote:

> Noting that I seemed to need to pull out quite a bit to get my clarinet
> in tune, I recently purchased some tuning rings---just a cheap plastic set.
>
> Unfortunately with these in place the sound quality worsens somewhat.
>
> Is it usual to have these rings made of plastic or is another material
> usually used for better results?

Ooh, you wicked person, you! Sneaking up on the controversy from behind!

Actually, I don't find that putting in plastic rings affects the sound quality
particularly. I used to have a brass set that came from a shop in Florence,
but they disappeared over the years. (I quite liked them, but don't know
whether that was just the comforting sound of the brass clonking against the
wood when you put them in.)

And -- fifty quid;-)

Tony

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