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Playing Massively Flat

Author: wkleung
Date: 2017-02-24 19:11

I have been playing massively flat on my 1960's Noblet 40 - A435-437 on a stock 66mm barrel. Today the ambient temperature was 13C (no heating in the apartment) and even with a pair of newly-acquired 64mm barrels, I barely hit A439-440 after warming up.

I am blowing with sufficient support (I play German-style reeds on oboe) and I have raised my tongue from my usual position for oboe or bassoon. My pitch doesn't go much even if I bite. Is there anything else that can be wrong about my playing that contributes to my low pitch? My Noblet does have many scratches and even pits on the inside of the bore, around the tone holes for the throat notes. Could those flatten the pitch that much?

Sincerely,
Wai Kit Leung
A double reed teacher who is new to the clarinet

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