Klarinet Archive - Posting 000082.txt from 2011/09

From: Rachel Roessel <gsurosey@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Mouthpiece comparison, intonation, and leaks
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 10:59:30 -0400

> A leak pretty much anywhere will affect the long B.=A0 First guess would =
be
> the C key, held down by the B.=A0 The crowfoot adjustment is critical, but
> very commonly out.

Those notes are ok. It's the B that's an octave above the long B.
=A0
> Yamaha makes one of the better student clarinets.=A0 Don't be so quick to
> blame the instrument just because it is not a pro wood Buffet.

I'm not a brand Nazi or anything. I play on Buffets because that's what wor=
ks for me.=A0My utility clarinets are Bundys.=A0The principal in the orches=
tra I'm speaking of plays on a set of Yamahas (not sure which, but a pro se=
t), and he sounds good on them. It's all in what works for the player, IMO.=
The girl with the student Yamaha was the one that expressed a possible int=
erest in a new clarinet.

Rachel
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