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RE: HELP!

Author: Dee
Date: 1999-09-15 01:04

Selmer Series 9 is a professional level instrument and the HS mouthpiece should go well with it. If you like it, don't worry about what some one else thinks. There are a lot of people in this world who are silly enough to think that their way is the only way.

To check your intonation, buy an inexpensive electronic tuner. They are only about $25. That way you can see where you stand right now.

I think the Series 9 was a larger bore than is popular right now. The big bore instruments do have a luscious sound but tend to have some tuning discrepancies. Everything is a trade off. There is no such thing as a perfect clarinet because it can't be done. It is the *person* who plays in tune. By listening to the pitch center of the group (not necessarily the people you sit next to) and matching it, you should be fine.

Good players can match no matter what they play. One season I was stuck with a terribly old student grade Pan American (my good horn was out for a pro level overhaul and my second horn was on vacation with my daughter). Talk about intonation idiosyncracies, gad, it was a nightmare. But I listened to the group and played in tune and blended the sound. Yes, it required work and attention on my part but it worked out.

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