Author: fskelley
Date: 2016-03-07 22:51
Yet another thread about crows foot adjustments, with the implied idea that a new or newly serviced clarinet should be good to go for months if not years, before having a problem with long pipe clarion B or surrounding notes. And I guess no other mechanical / sealing issues either. Isn't that a fantasy world? And doesn't that mind set mean that almost all students at all levels are regularly playing on leaky misadjusted clarinets? (Should I extend this to all kinds of woodwinds and brasses? Drums?)
Do any band directors show clarinetists (others?) how to deal with these issues on their own? If not, why not? We have such wonderful resources these days- YouTube videos from Tom R are a great start.
How about you individual clarinet teachers? Maybe adjusting the crow's foot shouldn't be lesson 1, but surely by the time you're trying to get a student to play smoothly over the break- that student needs to know how to figure out if their clarinet is adjusted right, and how to patch it if it isn't.
Crow's foot isn't the only issue, just maybe the most common one.
Am I picking a fight here?
Stan in Orlando
EWI 4000S with modifications
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