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Re: Removing the Sliver Keys

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2022-11-07 18:05

I don't really know if a plug in the hole would cause any kind of disturbance in the standing wave for [A5]

, but I can say absolutely that wedging a piece of cork under the *sliver key itself* to keep it from opening has no effect on the tone or response at all. The bore sees the closed tonehole with a pad covering it as completely normal (because it is) - the way the clarinet is designed. If you ever want to use the sliver key for a specific passage one day, it's much easier to poke the little cork shim out from under the key than it to remove the plug from the hole.

I don't know what you mean by a "slight node or split" or how you know there is a node forming at [A5]

, but if you mean the note is unstable, you might have a small leak under one of the pads above A (including the ones operated by the RH on the other side). Or it could be a register vent issue - especially on an A clarinet. I guess the only practical way to find out if the plug is causing the instability is to remove it and see if there's a difference.

Karl

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