Klarinet Archive - Posting 000349.txt from 2005/03

From: Gary Truesdail <gir@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Why can't bass clarinets be built better in tune?
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 17:36:04 -0500

I just shake my head when I hear of a top line BsCl having such
intonation problems. Maybe the problem lies with the mouthpiece or crud
in the tone holes.

My Wurlitzer BsCl is wonderfully in tune, plastic body, unknown brand
mouthpiece and and synthetic reed (some kind of flexible plastic) put
out by BARI, clipped and adjusted for me and the sound I want. Same
setup AND REED for 35 years. Same intonation, same response, same tone.

GaryT

GrabnerWG@-----.com wrote:

>I have been working all day on a Buffet 1193 low C bass to cure some BAD
>intonation problems. The biggest problem is a sharp throat A, by 10 cents, a
>flat throat Bb, by at least 5 to 10 cents, and the B immediately above it 25
>cents sharp. That makes a very bad chromatic scale!
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>It seems anything I do to fix the A makes the Bb worse. The low E, a 12th
>below the B, is already a bit low, so altering the B will just make that
>worse. ARGH!!!!!!!
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>Frustrated!
>
>Walter Grabner
>www.clarinetXpress.com
>World-class clarinet mouthpieces
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