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Re: Reverse taper on ancient clarinet?

Author: awildman
Date: 2018-07-17 18:54

Found some cheap bore gauges. Not long enough to get all the way in. Enough to measure about halfway. The top end is actually a cylinder of 13.93mm and the taper starts somewhere beyond that. Bottom opening is actually 13.4, and goes to 13.86 at one inch in. I assume, then, that the taper blends in at around 3 inches from the bottom. A couple of toneholes in that area have undercutting etc, so I am guessing that the taper is present to compensate for intonation, and possibly for finger spacing.

I might try the saran wrap and blutack thing in the next couple weeks. Anybody have suggestions on what sort of reed to use with a German C clarinet from that era?

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