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Re: Stuffy clarinet

Author: jdbassplayer
Date: 2017-06-24 22:34

It that case I think it's safe to say there are no serious leaks. It may just be the design of the instrument. The American Standard was the lowest priced model King offered so I wouldn't expect them to play much better that today's student instruments. You could try experimenting with mouthpieces. Some of my older instruments only play well with period correct mouthpieces.

If you look down the bore of the instrument, how smooth is it? I had an old "Sonata Deluxe" metal clarinet once that I was able to make play better by polishing the bore with very fine grit sandpaper (1500+). It may be worth trying since the instrument is not very valuable to begin with.

-Jdbassplayer

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