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 Re: Tuned a G on Mouthpiece and Barrel
Author: Bob Bernardo 
Date:   2016-10-20 09:24

It's a very common problem. A technique is to use electrical tape in the tone hole to lower the pitch. An old trick that Hans Moennig did all of the time. Also he'd undercut the holes that played flat. The tape should only cover 1/2 of the hole, closet to the mouthpiece/barrel, not towards the bell of the horn. By the way he usually tuned Bb horns with a 67mm barrel. Sadly if you use a 67mm barrel on the newer R13's you will be tuning to .435 or under. On some of the A clarinets with the Vandoren M series mouthpieces you may need a barrel as small as 64mm's if the bands and the orchestras tune around a .442. Crazy and frustrating....

So repairmen use nail polish, both clear and black. This can be OK I guess, but it's hard to keep the thickness even. The tape stays in place for years and is of course the same thickness. Kind of cool.

Find a good repairman to do the undercutting.


Designer of - Vintage 1940 Cicero Mouthpieces and the La Vecchia mouthpieces


Yamaha Artist 2015




Post Edited (2016-10-20 12:47)

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