Klarinet Archive - Posting 000043.txt from 2006/12

From: "Angelia Fagg" <arfagg@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] A Puzzle
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2006 08:25:05 -0500

Hi everybody!

Here's a nice little puzzle for you. I'm in the middle of my twice yearly
change-the-reeds-to-match-the-climate-change trauma. I spent my entire
practice time yesterday testing my collection of reeds to see which ones
would play well in dry, heated rooms, and one of them does not play an
altissimo G. I don't mean "it doesn't sound good" or "it's out of tune", it
simply ISN'T THERE. It plays beautifully, with a wonderful tone, up to F#,
then the G fingering only produces a buzz like a kazoo! I spent ten minutes
on this and never even got a squeak. I've never encountered this before and
can't think of anything that might cause it (or fix it--it really does have
a wonderful tone!). Any one have any ideas?

Angelia

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