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Re: Cheating your way to an extra low note

Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2010-05-17 20:40

A bit off-topic, but in the baritone sax world one can obtain an excellent low "A" out of an instrument with the (formerly) standard range to low Bb, by placing in the bell a tube of 4" diameter material exactly 6 inches long, and playing the low Bb. I have been doing this for years on the low Bb baris I've owned. Originally I used a length of PVC plumbing pipe, but in the size needed this was a heavy part and I stopped using it after I once dropped it on the foot of the tenor sax player sitting next to me (he told me it hurt, in no uncertain terms.....). Now I use part of a small 4"-diameter coffee can, hacksawed to 6" in length, with a foam gasket glued around the outside at one end to hold it inside the bell of the sax without scratching the lacquer.

Of course, one can only use it when there isn't a low Bb note to play shortly before or just after the low A note.

For once I'm not kidding.

As for the 'string/shoelace inside the bore' trick on clarinets, I tried it a couple of times and it didn't work for me.

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