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Re: ring height

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2017-10-25 16:59

Chris P wrote:

> I set ring keys so they're around 0.2mm minimum to 0.5mm
> maximum above the chimneys when in the closed position which
> should suit most players.

Chris, what do you use to measure this? I assume you do enough work on this that you probably just eyeball it and feel with your fingers, but you must have at some point actually measured it to be able to give these numbers. I ask because I currently have a young student with small hands and fingers (she's in fifth grade - probably 10 years old) who has since she started playing clarinet had some difficulty in completely covering the RH tone holes. She has lately continued to have *intermittent* squeaking problems. When I tried her clarinet recently, I immediately felt that the rings were a little high for my comfort, but I don't squeak because my fingers are bigger and stronger and I have 50 years of experience over hers.

As to lowering them, I've sometimes in the past wedged a pad slick under the pad and pressed down on the rings. I don't know if this bends the rings downward or the pad cup upward. Is that a reasonable way to do this adjustment?

Karl

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