Author: Tony Pay ★2017
Date: 2011-06-30 21:46
Wes wrote:
>> Yes, I recall using the string in my Noblet Bb before I bought an A clarinet in about 1948 for use in a university orchestra. A hardwood dowel would be better as it does not absorb the sound like a string or cord.>>
I'm sorry, but I don't support this view. The dowel, of whatever diameter, doesn't lower the pitch sufficiently; and the string compromises the response too much to be acceptable.
>> I hold in my hand a simple system HP clarinet which can be converted to a standard pitch instrument with the insertion of a small dowel. The dowel can be carved to be thinner near the mouthpiece to tune it better and also can be cut in pieces, one for each section of the clarinet, and glued in place!>>
The change from high pitch to low pitch is less than a semitone, and so may be tractable.
Davyd wrote:
>> All duly noted. I'd still like to have one of these things, though. Professionals are appropriately expected to be perfect in every way. But down here at the community level, failing to handle a transposition properly can be more of a problem than less-than-perfect tone, particularly when you're sight reading.>>
In my experience, you have no hope of producing acceptable results using this gimmick. I have played in concert, and indeed on recordings, using a similar system to lower the pitch of a clarinet by a few vibrations; but a semitone is too much.
Tony
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