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Re: problem: Clarion register notes

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2011-10-20 13:24

Gee, I'm not envisioning the problem outside of the High C issue. For a good High C (just thumb and register key), you need to ensure that you are producing a good, fast, thin stream of air. Focus the air toward the aperature formed by the reed and mouthpiece. Another good way to think of it is to produce a stream of air as you would to cool off a hot cup of coffee.

The upper reaches of the clarinet are all about AIR.

As for the sealing issue, you can take the lower joint by itself, placing your left palm over the bottom, cover the tone hole with fingers 1-3 and close the Right "B Key." Now you can blow into the top end and there should be no leaking of air. The better (more accurate 'tell') test is a suction test. All you do is same as above but suck in. You should be able to retain good negative pressure for a few seconds (or more) much like it would feel doing the same with a coke bottle. If you hear air leaking while blowin in, or cannot get the joint to hold air during suction, there is a leaky pad. Either some mechanism need to be adusted (most likely scenario) or a pad has gone bad (torn surface, not sitting flush with tone hole).

Naturally you can do the same test with the upper joint as well.

..................Paul Aviles

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