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RE: selmer signature plays flat

Author: wes
Date: 2001-02-20 07:51

Thank you for your comment. The clarinet has certainly changed, I am convinced, because I was and am very aware of pitch considerations and the clarinet in 1993 was simply too flat and could not be brought up without a shorter barrel or a sharper mouthpiece. It isn't flat now. After studying with a teacher in the Minneapolis Symphony many years ago and later with Mitchell Lurie and others and feel that my air pressure and embouchure are fairly settled down. Actually, loose keys on this clarinet have been swedged by me, possibly two or three times in the time I've had it. Swedging is mostly necessary on the long keys with tubes parallel to the bore. Several times with new clarinets, a new Loree oboe, and a new Laubin oboe, I've observed the dimensional changing of the wood when they are first used, causing the mechanism to not operate properly and tenons to get tighter in sockets. Good wishes.

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