Klarinet Archive - Posting 000037.txt from 2004/11

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Stuffy Bb (now: Requited Love)
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 23:08:53 -0500

At 01:35 PM 11/1/2004 -0800, Michele Kaeder wrote:
>1. This instrument came with 2 barrels. Pushed all the way in, the longer
>one plays perfectly in tune at A=440 and the shorter one seems to play
>perfectly in tune at about A=444. Is this shorter barrel for correct
>playing of period music? I'm all rock-n-roll now, but it would be nice to
>know for what else I have the proper equipment.

These days, the standard pitch has been creeping up again -- another
failure of international agreements. A=442 is becoming quite common, and
higher in some places. With your short barrel, you are well set to match
pitch pretty much anywhere you play. "Period" music can be all over the
pitch chart, higher or lower.

>2. The serial number on this clarinet is 48544, so by my reading of the
>s.n. charts. this dates the instrument to about 1953. (Can this be right?)

It could be right, or it may be a little later. Because of that, there is
some question as to whether it is a true, polycylindrical R-13 (ca. 1955)
or an earlier model with more conventional bore. Not that it matters all
that much if YOU like the sound, ergonomics, intonation, and responsiveness.

Bill Hausmann

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

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