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venting the bell

Author: Molloy
Date: 2009-04-12 16:46

I'm in love with an old Penzel Mueller Artist clarinet. Both bell notes (low E and middle-line B) are slightly flat (8 cents or so) and slightly stuffy. The old Selmers I'm used to playing are a little flat at the bottom of the chalumeau but perfect in the clarion, so with them it seems to be a question of imperfect twelfths and favoring the clarion. But on this PM the twelfth seems dead on, just both notes are a little flat. Could this be cured by cutting a vent hole in the bell? Or is something like the Fobes Eb extension available for Bb clarinets?

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Re: venting the bell

Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2009-04-12 18:55

Morrie Backun did that on my Selmer Signature Bb clarinet using his bell, it was worse with the original bell, and it did help bring up the middle B and low E. I highly recommend it, the question is where to drill it, he did it for me. ESP
http://eddiesclarinet.com

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