Klarinet Archive - Posting 000733.txt from 2004/07

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Tuning rings
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 13:42:31 -0400

At 05:32 PM 7/19/2004 +0100, Tony Pay wrote:
>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.)

I have a thick tuning ring I made for my A clarinet that I made myself out
of a rubber hose washer! I can't detect a sound difference, but it clears
up the intonation on the throat tones from having the barrel out so
far. Accubore barrels come with a set of metal rings, but they can tend to
rattle unless the barrel is down tight on them. In any case, filling in
the gap is far more critical than whatever unmeasurable difference the
material could make.

Bill Hausmann

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

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