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Re: Trialing new clarinets

Author: SecondTry
Date: 2021-06-07 03:56

Hey Jake:

There is no shortage of info here and on the internet about the things people look for, but I suspect you know that.

So instead, I'll contribute just one tip, leaving others to theirs.

A clarinet whose 12ths are off is one to consider suspect. As you know, the register key isn't an octave key because actuating it produces a note 12 steps above.

This isn't to say that things can't be done by (extremely) experienced repair techs, who have trained in clarinet acoustics to, for example, address the raising of pitch if the lower (i.e. fundamental) note is off, it's just that I would think twice about buying such an instrument.

https://www.clarkwfobes.com/pages/tuning-and-voicing-the-clarinet

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