Klarinet Archive - Posting 000348.txt from 2006/10

From: "Gary Smith" <gary622@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] funny note
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 16:11:53 -0500

My R13 in A (a late '70s model) has this tendency, and it also has a
longish register tube (tends to snag swabs). Eureka! I'll get my
repairman to take a look at this.

On 10/25/06, Howard Shertzer <shertzhg@-----.edu> wrote:
> 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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