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Re: Mystery clarinet

Author: fskelley
Date: 2016-02-05 08:14

My newly serviced Arioso arrived back home yesterday- wow have I missed it. And I'm sure it's playing much nicer than before.

The Arioso (= Lyrique 576BC) plays very nicely in tune. This evening I compared on a tuner with the Lyrique 2nd and the mystery (Helmke?) clarinets. And I've updated a couple of my entries above accordingly. The Lyrique 2nd, with my register tube swap and tone hole adjustment, is very nearly as good as the Arioso. The mystery clarinet is pretty bad by comparison.

I love my Arioso and will continue playing it. And the Lyrique 2nd should be a good backup for it, as I had planned. But I don't understand why- when it became primary for a few weeks- I began liking it less and less. Perhaps there is something fishy about the playing characteristics other than tuning. (It is a 2nd because the bore dia is incorrect in at least a place or 2- along with other issues.) I think I'll have it serviced- maybe something is out of whack.

I am also mystified why I liked the playing characteristics of the mystery horn better than the Lyrique 2nd- it was no contest. Even though mystery horn was definitely still in need of pad and key service (I'm no tech). Now I really want to know the bore profiles of all 3 horns, and that means I need to buy a telescoping gage set for $15 on eBxx. And then (unless all 3 bores are basically identical), I'll be trying to understand how different profiles affect play. Of course I'll also have to also qualitatively compare tone hole diameters, undercutting, and such.

Mystery horn is in a better case I picked up for $15, and who knows- maybe I can correct the worst tuning issues one day.

Stan in Orlando

EWI 4000S with modifications

Post Edited (2016-02-05 19:44)

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