Klarinet Archive - Posting 000274.txt from 2004/09

From: X-MailScanner-tom.henson@-----.com
Subj: RE: [kl] Horns going sharp with rest or not
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 11:28:07 -0400

Maybe someone else with more experience can comment on this, but wouldn't
shrinkage cause the clarinet to go flat, not sharp?

When you break a new clarinet in, the pitch tends to come up as it breaks in
and the bore expands a little.

Tom Henson

<< My A clarinet did not get used for a while, First time I ve given it a
rest from some routine.

It plays for me about 8 cents sharper then my Bb, A442.
65 barrel.......a 66 on it is still sharp... I don t recall this before.

I presume there is enough shrinkage in the wood with non-use to cause such a
change. Or is that not a reasonable presumption..... therefore it would just
it be me. >>

Cheers
Dave Renaud

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