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Author: Daniel Seibel
Date: 1999-04-19 09:45
I just restored an antique (turn of the century) clarinet,
which I believed to be a B-flat horn at the time. However, upon closer inspection of the bore, the person who restored my horn (and a reliable person at that) informed me that even though the horn was notated with "b-flat", it was actually a "C" clarinet. Well, here the real problem. . . since the mouthpiece looks like a rat gnawed it off at one end, I need to acquire a mouthpiece with a bore comparable to that of the horn--a "C" mouthpiece. Neither the restorer nor I have any idea of where to find a "C" mouthpiece or if a particular company manufactures these. Any help on your part to locate a resource would be most helpful.
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 1999-04-19 11:45
You might want to contact a mouthpiece maker (Greg Smith, Richard Hawkins, Dave Hite, Clark Fobes, etc.) and see if they can copy what you have.
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<br>Also, if the clarinet is marked Bb but is sounding as a C - you may have a very high pitched Bb clarinet (a whole tone, though, would be <b>very</B> high-pitched indeed).
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 1999-04-19 18:58
I have an old [1920's] Conn C [Boehm plastic], on finding it a bit flat [435?], and not wanting to cut the barrel, I checked a number of my Bb mp's for matching bore dia., and had about 1/16" machined off tenon and body of two. Works fine for my needs.
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Author: Dee
Date: 1999-04-20 01:16
Mark Charette wrote:
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...Also, if the clarinet is marked Bb but is sounding as a C - you may have a very high pitched Bb clarinet (a whole tone, though, would be very high-pitched indeed).
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I agree with Mark that this would be unlikely. The highest pitch that I have read about is A=456, which would put it about 1/4 tone high compared to modern A=440.
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