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Author: George
Date: 2000-01-10 17:02
I acquired a clarinet from Ebay (I know, buyer beware!). Other than some minor things that can be resolved, I am pleased with it. One thing that I am curiuos about is the third finger lower joint "D" or "G" key has a piece of dark tape inside the tone hole. It is real hard to notice unless you are peering into the tone hole. My initial reaction is it is probably hiding a crack or acting as a reinforcement to the crack. Has anyone encountered something like that? I am not going to remove it, but am curious.
George
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Author: Joseph Brenner, Jr.
Date: 2000-01-10 17:29
I wouldn't presume to know the tape's significance...but can say that my clarinet, which I bought new from Hans Moennig in 1961, had tape in one of the holes in the lower joint. I presume that Moennig put it there to help intonation. jbjr
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2000-01-10 18:00
Joseph's right on. In most cases the tape is put in the chimney to assist intonation. There's an excellent description of the technique in Larry Guy's book on clarinet intonation (check <a href=http://www.vcisinc.com>http://www.vcisinc.com</a> for the book.
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Author: Tim
Date: 2000-01-10 18:49
You will also find that people will use things like fingernail polish inside the tone holes for the same purpose. Tape tends to come loose with time and moisture.
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Author: Kim
Date: 2000-01-11 02:11
Also, since the low A on my instrument was very, very sharp, my teacher suggested to put wax or tape in the tone hole. I would assume that these notes have the same intonation problems and the tape is just to flatten the notes.
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