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Re: Selmer Series 9 Intonation Issues

Author: Jeroen
Date: 2018-03-16 16:22

Ken Lagace wrote:

> My thought was that the notes up there have shorter vibrations,
> now more in the mouthpiece bore, so enlarging the mouthpiece
> would make the pitches lower.

This works for the lower register, esp throat area. However the effect diminishes when going higher. For the altissimo it's mainly the length of the bore that counts, not the volume. So, reaming your mouthpiece makes the throat notes lower but will not alter the altissimo.

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