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 Re: Custom Tuned Clarinets . . . have you? Why/why not?
Author: donald 
Date:   2006-12-22 05:19

it is easy to do tuning adjustments in a way that is temporary- so the player can undo them should they decide to.
usually there is an element of compromise involved- you can fill in a hole to make an upper register note slightly flatter.... but you might decide not to take it all the way because it will make a lower reg note too flat.
you have to make decisions about how you will tune- if you have a flat high A, will you bring the B and G down a little? (low reg E, in particular, will suffer but can be sharpened by opening the G#/C# key) or will you enlarge the hole to sharpen high A?, thus probably making the D below it sharp (very common on Buffet A clarinets). You have to decide what is most useful to you- a perfectly in tune C major scale in the upper reg, or left hand lower reg notes.
also- there may be ways you can change your fingerings (esp on altissimo notes) to accomodate a tuning change, and you may not decide to keep changes permanent until after you've tried them out for a while.
often tuning problems are not caused by the manufacturing process- they may be typical of that design (ie- the designer has decided on compromises that may not suit you). Additionally bore changes after a period of time can have an effect (in my Bflat R13, the top joint changed and the intonation was improved but the right hand needed some very slight reboring to fix it up.
donald
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