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Re: Terrible throat Bb

Author: EuGeneSee
Date: 2007-04-05 20:16

Dan: I had a similar problem on a clarinet and found that there was too much play in the adjustment screw between the throat A and G# keys. When the gap beteen the adjustment screw and the A key lever is too big, the A key's cork bumper stops it before it can raise the G# pad enough to properly vent - hence a stuffy, muffled sounding Bb (at least one MORE so than the normal stuffy/muffled Bb).

You want the screw adjusted down where it is not against the G# lever, but at the same time you can't really see the gap . . . when you slowly press the A key, it makes contact with the adjustment screw (you can feel it in your finger tip when it hits the screw) so quickly that you have to watch closely to even see the A pad begin to lift. When adjusted like that, both the A and G# pads should raise enough to properly vent - - provided the A key cork bumper is not too thick.

Eu

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