Author: Ursa
Date: 2017-12-16 12:48
Glad to be of assistance!
I'm troubled that you're finding your Normandy a bit stuffy on the bell tones and not projecting well. Perhaps there's a leak lurking somewhere. A properly set up Normandy should be an easy blow and project well, just like the Noblet 40 that it is based upon.
Intonation wise, a leak could account for some faults, too. But, note that your clarinet is from the late 1950s, and tuning accuracy sometimes didn't measure up to what we'd expect to encounter today.
Your clarinet, thankfully, looks to have decent nickel plating; poor quality plating was sometimes an issue with Normandy during the era in which yours was built.
Cheers,
Greg
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