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Re: Buffet R13 A tuning

Author: donald
Date: 2020-03-08 05:20

Changing the register vent is an easy adjustment that MAY help the problem, but will probably also cause other changes (throat B flat will probably lower in pitch, instrument will become more resistant, long B natural will become stuffier... maybe- it's different with every clarinet).
So, give it a go- it might be the solution.
Here's another solution.
This will help for long exposed high C's, but is hard to implement in some fast scale passages (easy in others...)
Get a tech to make a link from the left hand bridge key to the pad cup for C#/G# (an adjustment screw will be useful) so that pushing the C#/G# key also lowers the left hand ring key.
The first application of this is that you can finger high B flat like this....
TR X0X C#/G#
This has the initial benefit of making transition easy from G# to A# in the left hand upper register.
It also means you can finger a high C like...
TR X0X C#/G# plus the 2 Rh trill keys for chrom F#
This C is lower in pitch than the standard fingering, and very useful on clarinets with a sharp high C. Not always easy to utilise in fast passages, but the more used to it you get the more you will find you can sneak it in on exposed high C's....
Plus, you can now trill from G# to A# or C# to D#
dn

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