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Re: Resonance fingerings and overblowing

Author: Dibbs
Date: 2016-02-08 15:48

kdk wrote:

> ... I would intuitively have
> thought adding those fingers would flatten the pitches or drive
> them up to even higher harmonics ...

That's what usually happens but not always. There's an interesting effect on my tarogato. The high B (above the first ledger line) is very flexible and hard to hit in tune. If I add R3 and the low C key it stablises and pops in tune. If I lip it sharp and add those fingers it goes flatter but if I lip it flat and add them it goes sharper. I'll check this evening if they improve the resonance of the lower B too. It doesn't need improving but it will be interesting to see.

The high C on my early clarinet goes sharper when I add right hand fingers too. As Tony says, it's the linkages on on Boehm system instruments that stop these things working, specifically the long Bb linkage.

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