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Author: Funny gurgle
Date: 1999-02-21 04:25
I'm getting a funny gurgle when I play full-tube B, and only on that note. I can't seem to find where it's coming from. I used pad cleaning paper to look for water and it comes out dry from every pad. I narrowed the gurgle down to somewhere between the first finger on the left hand and my mouth. Anybody have any ideas on what else to check?
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Author: Evan
Date: 1999-02-21 04:42
it is probably a pad leaking.
take just the left hand joint of your clarinet, put your mouth on one end, the other end is to make a seal on your leg or something. Hold down the 4 main holes so an air tight seal should be formed and blow. If air comes out anyware. that is your problem, if not take it to a good music shop, they will probably tell you what is wrong with it for nothing
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Author: Rick2
Date: 1999-02-21 22:44
No, there's no leaks. That was the first thing I checked. I think it's coming from the mouthpiece. Maybe I need to recork it.
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Author: Doug
Date: 1999-02-22 03:33
While it doesn't happen often, it is possible to get water
in the register tube vent. Remove the register key, clean
out the tube with a pipe cleaner and see what happens. The
water in the tube often comes from the outside of the clarinet, for example, water running down the outside from
the top of the joint when the barrel have been taken off.
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Author: Hiroshi
Date: 1999-02-22 03:37
Another guess:
G# key alignment screw don't with the top of A key.
"A" key is kept closed by the spring force of that under A plus that of the key under G#.If it is halved and air pressure becomes high(like full tube B),it may be very slightly opened but after that it may be closed by spring force.It may go-up and go-down,go-up and go-down,.... between very small gap.
Just a guess.
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Author: Kevin Bowman
Date: 1999-02-22 13:50
This may sound silly but it has happened to me
Check for anything "loose" on the instrument. I sometimes forget to tighten my top ligature screw and a middle line B will resonate and cause the screw to rattle. It sounds suprisingly like a gurgle. Also check other keys and levers not involved in playing the note (like the LH F#/C# lever and the LH F/C lever) -- if the springs are ineffective on these keys it's possible for them to rattle.
Also - make sure there's no source of periodic noise in your practice area. I used to have a fan in my practice room for the summer (when not using A/C). Although the fan was very quiet, there was on particular frequency that was very close to a note and everytime I played that particular note, I would hear a very strange sound (almost like gurgling ro rattling). It took me a long time to figure out it was NOT the clarinet but the fan.
Kevin Bowman
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Author: Jim Carabetta
Date: 1999-02-22 14:05
Usually with mid-B, everything is closed, except for the register key. Check the pad - it may be loose and flutters, giving you that gurgle. As someone posted before, the A-key pad or the G# pad under the A arch may have a floppy or weak spring - the air pressure will cause one of them to flutter also.
Also, even though it's not really a gurgle, I've come across some instruments that needed a little tightening. With the mid-B, if it was played with the right-little finger, the left-B key floated loosely and rattled lightly, so it sounded like a buzz.
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Author: Rick2
Date: 1999-02-24 18:49
Well, I did reduce it somewhat by swabbing oil around the riser (my Leblanc doesnt have a register tube) but it seems only a short term fix. It must be oil related because it was fine before I oiled the horn and now it's showing up on Bb also, so I'm sure water is getting into the register vent somehow.
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