Klarinet Archive - Posting 000008.txt from 2008/04

From: "Howard Shertzer" <shertzhg@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Widening Twelfths
Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:10:40 -0400

I had the same issue with my Patricola C.
After running through all my Bb mouthpieces to no avail, a bought Grabner's
C mouthpiece.
With that I have very lippable intonation to altissimo F.
The low F and E are a bit sharp still, but I can get them almost in tune by
puffing out my cheeks.
Probably not the best solution, but it is a work in progress.

Howard
Email shertzhg@-----.edu

----- Original Message -----
From: "Karl Krelove" <karlkrelove@-----.net>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 8:45 PM
Subject: [kl] Widening Twelfths

> I recently bought a Patricola C clarinet. I very much like the response
and
> the general sense of focus I hear in the sound throughout its compass. I
am
> having a problem with its tuning and wondered what mechanical solutions
any
> of you might be able to suggest. Basically, the chalumeau is several cents
> sharp to the registers above it (or perhaps the clarion is flat to the
> chalumeau). In either case, it seems to me I need a way to sharpen the
> clarion notes a little, to widen the twelfths slightly when the register
key
> is open. I have found for the time being a mouthpiece solution (not my
> regular B-flat/A mouthpiece) that minimizes the problem to a degree no
other
> mouthpiece/reed combination I've tried seems able to do, but it's still
not
> a totally comfortable solution. I'm wondering if moving the register vent
or
> simply changing the dimensions of the register tube is likely to produce
the
> result I need and, if so, what direction I need to go. Any other ideas
based
> on experience will be appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Karl Krelove
>
>
>
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