Klarinet Archive - Posting 000240.txt from 2010/11

From: "Keith Bowen" <keith.bowen@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] RES: RES: Orchestral Pitch
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 06:44:17 -0500

What is your instrument, Rachel? Does it have a double speaker key? If so,
this should change speakers when changing from D to E in the clarion. The
larger and lower-down speaker is used for Bb and for D and below in the
clarion. The smaller one, right up probably on the neck, is used for E and
above.

The mechanism to change them is, as Bill says, a bit complex on some
instruments, but if you study it for an hour you should be able to figure it
out. The aim is to get the two keys switching sharply when you change from D
to E, AND for the lower one to open fully when you do Bb. But first check
the opening of A and Ab, again as Bill says. The screw on the Ab key should
be just touching the A key when closed, but not so as to force the Ab key
open.

Keith

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Hausmann [mailto:bhausmann1@-----.net]
Sent: 16 November 2010 04:46
To: 'The Klarinet Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [kl] RES: RES: Orchestral Pitch

Make sure the A and Ab keys are opening sufficiently, and also the
Bb/register key. The register mechanism on bass clarinets is notoriously
unreliable, and is involved in the throat Bb.

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rachel Roessel
> Subject: Re: [kl] RES: RES: Orchestral Pitch
>
> > It's my experience that most bass
> > clarinets tune best with themselves
> > at 441 or 442. Like it or not.
>
> I have that issue, but I think part of the problem is that it's out of
> adjustment. My throat tones are especially horrendous. The throat Bb
> registers as a flat A on my tuner. It's very hard for me to pull out
> and blow it down enough to get it in tune, so until I scare up some
> cash to get to worked on, I avoid that note. The alternate fingering is
> better, but some stuff I'm playing I don't have time to get to it. So,
> I leave the notes out that are nasty.
>
> Rachel
>
>
>
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