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Re: ugly, stuffy, awful throat tones

Author: clarisax
Date: 2005-02-07 13:50

thank you all for your help. i cleaned the register tube as suggested and it did not solve the problem. there wasnt anything in it to really clean out. the height of the register key is, just by looking at it, way more than the thickness of a nickel. is that a bad thing? i do have one pad, the top trill key pad, that has a torn membrane. its actually starting to turn a dark brownish black color...im assuming thats not a good thing. when i play A i sound fine, especially when i put down my middle and ring finger of both hands along with the C key.

it seems like the stuffy sound IS coming from the register key. When i play Bb using the side key i sound fine. to help me hear if it was the register key again i fingered a low E, or a B without the register key, and had my mother press the 2nd trill key to make it jump up a 12th. this B was much much much much better as far as tone goes, but i obviously cant play it that way everytime. so what do i do now? will beveling the cork of the register key help to reduce the resistance against the air that is coming out of the register tube?? it seems like that is the problem because i dont have this awful noise when i play A or G, or anything else that doesnt use the register key. i also dont hear it from C all the way thru the top notes. why is it there on B, but not on C? frustration...

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