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Identifying the cause of this problem

Author: Matt_Clarinet  Date:   2013-09-12 11:22 Recently my Clarinet hasn't been playing well, compared to how it usually does. The articulation isn't all that clear, even when I use different sized reeds, and it has become more difficult to tongue fast and clearly. High notes are starting to sound thin, and notes don't always come out properly when I play them. I've been using my Clarinet for about five years and I don't recall this having happened previously. When I recently had it serviced, the people who did the servicing strongly believed that it was time to upgrade, and that the Clarinet is not really designed to play higher level pieces. We hired a student Clarinet while my other Clarinet was getting serviced and I did not encounter this problem. Does anyone know what is the most likely cause of this problem, and as my Clarinet was playing perfectly well not long ago, has it just "worn out" or could the cause be something such as a leak or perhaps to do with the reeds? Thanks

Topics	Author	Date
Identifying the cause of this problem	Matt_Clarinet	2013-09-12 11:22
Re: Identifying the cause of this problem	Jeroen	2013-09-12 11:54
Re: Identifying the cause of this problem	tictactux	2013-09-12 12:06
Re: Identifying the cause of this problem	Gordon (NZ)	2013-09-12 12:59
Re: Identifying the cause of this problem	rtmyth	2013-09-12 14:05
Re: Identifying the cause of this problem	pewd	2013-09-12 16:09
Re: Identifying the cause of this problem	Tony F	2013-09-12 16:09
Re: Identifying the cause of this problem	Ken Shaw	2013-09-12 18:31
Re: Identifying the cause of this problem	hgp_atx	2013-09-13 03:16
Re: Identifying the cause of this problem	bmcgar	2013-09-13 04:07
Re: Identifying the cause of this problem	bmcgar	2013-09-13 04:07
Re: Identifying the cause of this problem	Tony F	2013-09-13 04:54
Re: Identifying the cause of this problem	AAAClarinet	2013-09-13 05:57
Re: Identifying the cause of this problem	Alexis	2013-09-13 07:20
Re: Identifying the cause of this problem	cyclopathic	2013-09-13 10:08
Re: Identifying the cause of this problem	Chris P	2013-09-13 10:58
Re: Identifying the cause of this problem	Matt_Clarinet	2013-09-13 12:01
Re: Identifying the cause of this problem	Chris P	2013-09-13 12:18
Re: Identifying the cause of this problem	Ken Shaw	2013-09-13 12:22
Re: Identifying the cause of this problem	cyclopathic	2013-09-13 13:13
Re: Identifying the cause of this problem	Lelia Loban	2013-09-13 14:28
Re: Identifying the cause of this problem	rtmyth	2013-09-13 15:00
Re: Identifying the cause of this problem	tictactux	2013-09-14 17:38
Re: Identifying the cause of this problem	Arnoldstang	2013-09-14 18:49
Re: Identifying the cause of this problem	marcia	2013-09-14 19:33
Re: Identifying the cause of this problem	Chris P	2013-09-14 20:04
Re: Identifying the cause of this problem	DavidBlumberg	2013-09-15 00:08
Re: Identifying the cause of this problem	DavidBlumberg	2013-09-15 00:08
Re: Identifying the cause of this problem	Gordon (NZ)	2013-09-18 13:00

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