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Re: Sharp throat tones

Author: Chris P
Date: 2017-03-29 00:18

If you can, try a 40mm or 41mm barrel to see if that helps - it will have more effect on the pitch of the throat notes compared to the right hand notes.

Another thing you can do if you can't get a barrel is have someone make tuning rings that fit between the top tenon and the barrel or between the mouthpiece tenon and the top barrel socket if you prefer. Have them make three of them - a 0.5mm, 1mm and 1.5mm as you can use them on their own or in combination. Have them made with either the same inside diameter as the bore at the top tenon or just slightly wider.

If the throat notes are still too sharp, then they can be flattened by having the toneholes waxed in to flatten them - wax is easy to adjust, add to or remove, so isn't going to do any permanent damage your clarinet.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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