Author: tims
Date: 2014-10-23 09:37
I have one, and only one suggestion.
We often judge an instrument by playing all the passages, intervals, slurs and such which experience has taught us are the most difficult and then check pitch on all those notes which we currently struggle to get in tune. After playing dozens of instruments, we think we have found one that stands out from the rest only to take it home and find that, yes indeed, it fixes all those old problems, but in the process it has introduced a half a dozen new problems where there been none before. We do this because we are trying to make the selection process manageable by focusing only on known problems. Likewise when simply looking for defects, we again concentrate on the common ones and will often overlook a more serious, but less common defect.
Play several passages that you wouldn't expect would give you problems. Check the whole range, including alternate fingerings and harmonic fingerings, for pitch. Yes, have a checklist for common defects, but take the time to just look for anything that just seems unusual.
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