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 Re: Custom Tuned Clarinets . . . have you? Why/why not?
Author: donald 
Date:   2006-12-21 19:06

i have had small adjustments done to both my current clarinets (both to toneholes and small bore adjustments), and look forward to having a bit more done to my A clarinet when i'm in USA in Jan. At the other end of the spectrum.... i have myself helped out others with small adjustments (filling in a hole, working on pad heights etc) and on each occasion noticed an improvement in playing/tone/response as the tuning was evened out (even with very small adjustments to only one note).
Basically- adjusting from note to note as we are playing will always be a skill we must have. The question is "how much". Walter Grabner suggests (if i remember correctly) that 5c is an acceptable deviation. If the deviation required it too much, then the evenness of the sound is compromised and changes in airspeed make response dodgy etc etc etc.
Interestingly, a clarinet that is bang on in tune can also be difficult to play- you so often need to be able to be a little higher OR a little lower. My Bflat instrument had a top C and Altissimo D that were dead on with the tuner. The problem was, if i needed to be just a little high i could only do this at the expense of tone (these notes will easily lose quality when pushed up). So i could move up a tad when needed, but never make the sound i liked in those circumstances (additionally, LEGATO was compromised as "pulling the pitch up" encouraged undertones). My new barrel has made the 12ths interval a little wider in the left hand (just a smidgen) and this allows me to sit back on these notes and make a sound i like.
keep playing the good tunes
donald



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