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Tuning: taking Wood From an older Buffet

Author: Bob Phillips
Date: 2006-03-18 15:40
Attachment: Boofy's Tuning.jpg (144k)
Attachment: boofy with stock barrel and M30 Mpc.jpg (148k)

The attachments show how my 1961 vintage Buffet Full Boehm Bb clarinet self-tunes across its range.

I played Middle C, lipped the pitch to center the needle on my little Korg tuner than changed fingerings to another note and read the tuner to see how far the pitch had strayed. I used middle C as the starting point because it is a note (along with the key-Altissimo Eb) that is in tune on my instrument.

I recorded and plotted the measurements. Two of these plots make up the attachments. One compares three combinations: a Muncy synthetic barrel with a Vandoren M30-13 (88 beak) mouthpiece, a Muncy synthetic barrel with a Mitchell-Lurie M3 mouthpiece, and the stock Buffet wooden barrel with the Vandoren M30.

One plot shows all three sets of measurements --with several of the notes using alternate fingerings. The other plot just looks at the results of using standard fingerings and the stock barrel with the Vandoren M30.

Two comments:
The barrels make no difference;
The tuning is just as ragged with the M30/13 as it is with the Mitchell-Lurie;
Playing this horn in tune is a lot of work.

I conclude that this is a clarinet problem, not a barrel/bell/mouthpiece problem, and I'm seriously considering "having wood taken out of it."

Bob Phillips

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