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Re: Flat Bb Clarinet

Author: Fuzzy
Date: 2018-01-09 22:08

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Out of nowhere, I am suddenly significantly flat.

Do you mean:
1. You were playing along, and suddenly certain notes started playing flat?
2. Over the course of a few months, you realized you were playing flat?

The reason I'm asking, is because to me "suddenly" might mean something different than how you meant it. For me, any "sudden" changes are usually pad issues/spring issues/tone hole gunk issues, etc. whereas other reasons for going flat would be as the others suggest.

For what it's worth - during a performance two weeks ago, I was certain that three or four notes on my instrument were suddenly playing flat, but I couldn't find the problem during the short performance. Upon returning home, I had no problems with the instrument. Later that week, when I took the instrument out for one of my practice sessions, there it was again - definitely flat. Closer inspection found a pad which had broken partly loose, and would hover slightly over the tone hole - making the surrounding notes flat. Other times, the pad stuck in the cup and everything played fine. I had practiced several times between the two occurrences, and it had played just fine. I replaced the pad and everything was hunky dory again. ;^)>>>

Once a friend of mine was playing a tenor solo...it sounded pretty good from out in the crowd, but he looked exasperated on stage. As soon as his solo was completed I saw him tinkering with his tenor. After the performance, he came up to me, with an embarrassed grin and showed me the $1 bill which had been stuck inside his instrument during the performance.

Fuzzy

[EDIT]: Corrected spelling

Post Edited (2018-01-09 22:08)

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