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Re: R13 Bflat intonation question

Author: donald
Date: 2006-03-04 19:32

re E-B 12th
fraising the hole or raising the venting pad (next hole down) will make upper reg B sharper (though you can flatten that by lowering the reg key or installing a smaller reg vent)(but this will also flatten throat B flat). Using a Moennig barrel etc (with slightly reduced bore due to reverse cone etc) will most often make the E a bit higher and the B a bit lower.
Once you have gone through all this, you will still most likely have an E that is a bit low, and a B that is a bit high. Make sure that you are playing with a high tongue position/fast airstream on the low note, and this improves things. You will still have a low E and a high B.
At the end of the day, the most useful trick is to learn to play with the left hand little finger C#/G# key on when you play the low E (on my R13, i use this for low E and F when exposed or if the note is held). An example of where i think this is needed would be- 3rd mvt of Muz Time Pieces. If this sounds tricky.....
At least two top US symphony players i've spoken to have advocated actually putting the third finger of the left hand down, and then using the side Bflat/Eflat key to bring the pitch up! That is just going a little far for my liking, but it works.... (it actually acts as a resonance fingering to improve the tone as well as helping intonation)
donald

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