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Re: Legere euro cut and shorter barrel

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2019-11-17 19:00

I freely admit that the Legere European cut Bb clarinet Reed tends to play LOWER. It may be a function plastic not being as quick to snap back as cane and thus the slower movement results in a lower pitch.

I experienced the tuning issue you describe from the other side of the equation. For twelve years I had played Wurlitzer Oehler system 100Cs that were built to play at A=445. This is a much larger pitch problem than many realize when you are talking about global pitch (entire comfortable center of pitch for the entire range). I wound up stretching the Wurlitzer to its lower limit with the longest barrel and pulling out. Still there were some irregularities that I had to live with.

The issue is that if you need to lengthen the overall tube, you by necessity need to lengthen the distance between the holes of each individual note. See an A clarinet for instance. In fact, Karl Leister owns two sets of clarinet for international travel, A=445 pair and an A=440 pair.

I have not had that sort of issue using a 62mm long barrel on my R13 for use with Legere, BUT one should be aware that the reverse tendency to the above example may be involved.

............Paul Aviles

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