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Re: Very Out of Tune R13

Author: GBK
Date: 2006-08-12 14:39

Changing the register vent tube can have a marked difference in the performance and response of the Buffet A clarinet.

However, there can be trade offs as to the tuning. As some 12ths may narrow, other may get wider.

Two of my Buffet A clarinets (237xxx and 274xxx) originally had VERY different size vent tubes, yet were only two years apart in manufacture date.

Changing one of them to a shorter variety made a big difference in the A clarinet, especially in the notes G5 to B5.

As one tech jokingly told me: "It's almost as if Buffet uses whatever size vent tube they have lying around at that time."

...GBK

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