Klarinet Archive - Posting 000139.txt from 2005/10

From: "Dee Flint" <deeflint01@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Pruefer Clarinet
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 06:33:58 -0400

I have a Pruefer with the original barrel. At the time this instrument was
made, the barrel was substantially longer than barrels on most of today's
clarinets. The body was correspondingly shorter from the top pad/tonehole
to the top of the upper joint.

Is the instrument reasonably in tune with itself? If not, the non-original
barrels may be giving you an incorrect impression of the key of the
instrument.

As far as I have been able to determine from reading, if clarinets in B
rather than Bb were ever made, it would have been long before Pruefer was
ever in business.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Morris" <mrtoner@-----.net>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 3:49 AM
Subject: Re: [kl] Pruefer Clarinet

> Well, when I finger a C it plays a B. Mind you, I'm putting my mouthpiece
> and barrel on it. It turns out it did come with a mouthpiece and two
> barrels, but I don't know if either of the barrels is original. I suspect
> not. The mouthpiece is a Selmer Goldentone; it's affixed to the shorter of
> the two barrels by electrical tape, because the (plastic) barrel is
> cracked and the lower ring is loose. Both barrels are shorter than my
> barrel.
>
> Best regards,
> Don Morris
>
> To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
> - Edmund Burke, statesman and writer (1729-1797)
>
>
>
> On Oct 10, 2005, at 3:03 PM, dnleeson wrote:
>
>> Have you determined the pitch of the note that comes out when you
>> finger a C? Without something more specific, it sounds as if you
>> have a "LOW PITCH" B-flat clarinet, but the identification of the
>> pitch of the clarinet is not possible without you condirming what
>> note comes out when you play a C. You'll have to find an in tune
>> piano to answer that question.
>
>
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