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Re: Sharp throat tones

Author: Chris P
Date: 2017-03-31 19:47

I waxed in the open G, throat G# and A toneholes on my 1962 Buffet Eb as they were painfully sharp with both the original 42mm and extra 43mm barrels that came with it.

As these notes aren't used for many other notes (apart from some altissimo fingerings) you're not going to affect the tuning on the rest of the instrument. The G tonehole is closed all the time the left thumb or LH1 is down and throat G# and A are mainly used for those notes (and throat Bb with the speaker key).

To do this I removed the throat G# and A keys and the LH1 ring key. Using a tuner, check the tuning of these notes with their octaves above and below (do this before removing any keys and make a note of the tunings). Plug up the throat A and G# toneholes and tune the open G using your regular fingering (if you put your RH fingers down from open G to Bb). Then once that's done, unplug the throat G# tonehole and tune that note. Then unplug the throat A tonehole and tune that note. Bb (adding the speaker key) should hopefully be in tune, but chances are it might be on the sharp side, so put your right hand fingers down to flatten and add substance to it.

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

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