Author: John Peacock
Date: 2020-07-08 19:56
You said you used to play on a Leblanc: do you have any experience with Buffets? I find that the Buffet throat tones are sharp, even more so than a Selmer Privilege like the one you have. This can depend on the mouthpiece, of course, but in any case it's an easy problem to solve (unlike flatness): just take off the A and G# keys and fill the holes slightly. Bluetac is ideal for the purpose: completely reversible and easy to tweak the amount until those notes are exactly where you want them. These notes are unique in that you don't have to worry about tuning them in a different register, so there's really no reason not to do this - especially if that's the only issue you have with the Selmer. I find issues elsewhere, especially top F is very flat, and that's not so easy to fix.
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