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 Watch that crow's foot etc
Author: fskelley 
Date:   2014-07-03 00:40

A couple of days ago I noticed a bit more trouble than usual with clarion (long pipe) middle B, only when played with left pinky. So I knew it was time for a crow's foot adjustment- as Tom Ridenour says it's a fine example of 17th century tech.

Last time I did this was over a year ago on a previous clarinet. So it was overdue. And I looked up Tom's video on the subject...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh6Pg__DRUE
And in no time I had the adjustment made- since it was the bottom pad that wasn't sealing it was the easier fix, thumb under crows foot and push the pad down ever so slightly.

None of this should be worthy of a lot of comment except for yet another example of the quality and breadth of Tom's contributions to the clarinet world. However, I was actually mad at myself after I discovered how much better the B, and a whole range of notes (why? because I was compensating for the leaky pad?) now play. It seems I had gone some time with an undetected issue- I'm glad it finally got bad enough to demand my attention.

So the lesson is that you have to be kind of nuts about your pads and such. And a regular checkup by a good tech is a smart idea. Unless you have no issues with your playing whatsoever- but I don't think that describes many of us who post here.

Stan in Orlando

EWI 4000S with modifications

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