Klarinet Archive - Posting 000336.txt from 2006/10

From: kurtheisig@-----.net
Subj: Re: [kl] funny note
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 15:50:20 -0500

This is a common problem on the R13A, and can usually be fixed.

-----Original Message-----
>From: Howard Shertzer <shertzhg@-----.edu>
>Sent: Oct 25, 2006 11:11 PM
>To: klarinet@-----.org
>Subject: Re: [kl] funny note
>
>Fred,
>
>Walt Grabner described it as a "wolf", and it is most likely something about
>the register tube being too long, or possibly the tone hole under the third
>finger too small.
>Disiree Gattis said the register tube may be too open.
>
>The good news is that is is fixable, for I LOVE the tone of both of the
>buffets that have this issue.
>
>When I can scrape together some bucks, I will send them up to Walt's shop,
>if he will do this type of repair.
>
>But if it is just a loose pad skin (sounds reasonable), maybe I can fix it
>myself.
>Thanks for everyone's response.
>
>Howard
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Fred Jacobowitz" <fbjacobo@-----.net>
>To: <klarinet@-----.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 4:39 PM
>Subject: Re: [kl] funny note
>
>
>> Howard,
>> Could you be describing the buzzing of a vibrating key? How about the buzz
>> loose skin on a pad? Just a thought...
>>
>> Fred Jacobowitz
>>
>> Kol Haruach Klezmer Band
>> Ebony and Ivory Duo
>> On Oct 25, 2006, at 2:56 PM, Howard Shertzer wrote:
>>
>>> Dear fellow clarinetists,
>>>
>>> On my R13 A clarinet and my E11 C clarinet, one note in the upper
>>> register (A) has a strange crackling sound, quite hard to describe.
>>> It is like a rasp, or a false note on a violin. Only the A, not Ab or Bb.
>>>
>>> I do not hear this on my matched R13 Bb, using the same Bay mouthpiece,
>>> ligature and reed. On the C clarinet I use a Grabner mouthpiece.
>>>
>>> An assortment of reeds from different makers and strengths, and different
>>> ligatures, sound the same.
>>>
>>> So I believe that it is in the clarinet, not me, not the mouthpiece. It
>>> seems strange that precisely the same funny note happens on two different
>>> clarinets.
>>> ( it wasnt so funny when I recently played Mozart clarinet quintet with a
>>> serious string quartet).
>>>
>>> Any thoughts on what it might be or how to solve the problem?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Howard
>>>
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