Klarinet Archive - Posting 000178.txt from 2005/02

From: "Karl Krelove" <karlkrelove@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Eefer stuffiness
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 05:56:13 -0500

Check the left hand 1st finger hole (the one that's open on the top when you
play C#). Maybe some grime (or even tape or other material put in to tune
the thumb F/C pitches) is in the way. How are thumb F and the C a 12th
above? If the hole is clear and they can stand to be a shade sharper,
undercutting the hole a little beyond the factory's work might help. The
notes above it may be benefiting from opening the Ab/Eb - C# is the only
altissimo note that doesn't (for most players) get the help of the extra
venting.

Karl Krelove

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fred Jacobowitz [mailto:fbjacobo@-----.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 11:13 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: [kl] Eefer stuffiness
>
>
> I need the help of some eefer acousticians. I have a Buffet RC eefer
> which is wonderfully in tune, etc. except for the high c# (above the
> staff). This note is unbearably stuffy. In order to get the note, I
> have to blow twice as hard and 'goose it' a la bass clarinet high
> range. There is obviously some acoustical problem with this note. Does
> anyone know whether this is endemic to eefers? Or to Buffets? Or just
> to my horn?
> I have already tried different mouthpieces and reeds with
> little or no
> effect. TIA all.
>
> Fred Jacobowitz
> Kol Haruach Klezmer Band
> Ebony and Ivory Duo
>
>
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