Klarinet Archive - Posting 000398.txt from 2005/06

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] OT (sax) question
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 23:41:09 -0400

At 08:49 AM 6/21/2005 -0700, Diane Karius wrote:
>Thanks for the information folks. Unfortunately, the
>instrument I played last night has substantial
>intonation problems such that it was not playable in a
>group setting (at least I wouldn't play it).
>Afterwards I checked it against a tuner - some notes
>ran as much as 40 - 50 cents flat and no amount of
>adjustment helped (which I found interesting on its
>own - I generally find pitch on a saxophone to be
>readily adjustable by lipping/voicing). The
>mouthpiece (the height of quality "no-name" brand)
>certainly contributed to some of its woes (and I
>didn't have my regular tenor with me to try out a
>"real" mouthpiece on the instrument), but I can't
>convince myself that's the sole problem.

The mouthpiece was probably no help at all, but something must have been
seriously out of whack for the sax to play THAT badly out of tune. Even
Chinese Sam's Club jobs can do better than THAT!

Bill Hausmann

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

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