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Author: ClarinettyBetty
Date: 2017-02-24 05:51
My friend has a 1960 Buffet R13 A clarinet. She's gone through the whole work-up and it's not a pad issue.
Her clarion (long) B is about 30 cents flat. The clarion C is slightly sharp, as is usual. This continues in the same pattern when playing low E and F.
So...she tried some of my barrels, which are 65 and 66 Moeniggs. She tried something Japanese from her professor and a couple of others. However, the B is still super flat.
On a whim, she put my Bb barrel on. It's long for an A, but an interesting thing happened: the whole clarinet played flat, but EVENLY flat. Like no popping out B.
So...any ideas of what else to try? She doesn't want to buy a new horn for one note, but it's kind of a big deal.
Thanks in advance!
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Eb: 1972 Buffet BC20
Bb: Selmer Paris Presence
A: Selmer Paris Presence
Bass: 1977 LeBlanc
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Author: jdbassplayer
Date: 2017-02-24 06:02
You have two options:
1) Have a hole drilled in the bell
2) Find a replacement bell that will bring up the pitch (any bell will do, even a plastic one from a student instrument as long as it fits)
A new barrel or mouthpiece will not solve the issue
-Jdbassplayer
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Author: GBK
Date: 2017-02-24 06:34
Try using the bell from her R13 Bb clarinet.
...GBK
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Author: donald
Date: 2017-02-24 07:26
Good advice above, but also check that the register tube is clear (probably not that, but check it anyway). For many years I used an R13 B bell on my Yamaha A clarinet, and the Yamaha A bell on my old R13... can be quite interesting how these things can work out. More reccently I found a Leblanc Concerto bell that fixed the tuning (flattening B) on a Festival B flat, a professional player in France now uses that bell, go figure!
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Author: Dibbs
Date: 2017-02-24 18:18
Just the Low E and corresponding clarion B flat sounds like it has the wrong bell on it.
Either that, or Buffet forgot to put the flare at the bottom of the lower joint.
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