Klarinet Archive - Posting 000010.txt from 2008/04

From: "Mike Vaccaro" <mike@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Widening Twelfths
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2008 02:41:52 -0400

I don't think a Bb mouthpiece works on a C Clarinet at all. At least that
has been my experience. They are to long and an incorrect bore to match the
clarinet. Also the baffle is to big for the tiny little C. I had a piece
called Caprice for C Clarinet written by a friend of mine. You can hear it
on my website. I has a c mouthpiece the Glen Johnston refaced many years ago
and the pitch is fine.

My 2c.
Mike Vaccaro

>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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