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Re: Clarinet Flat

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2019-12-31 03:26

I'm not even sure where you'd get a much shorter barrel save for custom work.

My first thought may be that you could be on plastic reeds. My pitched dropped precipitously on Legeres but I have a collection of 63mm barrels (and one 62mm Moenig) that work just fine.

The mouthpiece is another place to make up for pitch. If there is a "standard" pitch version of the ones you use opposed to a "13 Series," that would help too.

Finally temperature has a huge effect on pitch if you live in a colder climate, and try to save some sheckels by keeping the thermostat in the 60s, this will make your pitch really low.

If none of these are contributing factors for you, then a shorter barrel (perhaps check in with Dr. Allan Segal of "clarinetconcepts" for an even shorter solution) may be your only option.

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

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