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Re: Venting height and pitch ?

Author: lydian
Date: 2023-07-18 04:36

I disagree. Too much register key venting can wreck the tone and make it airy and unstable. Too much venting on lower keys can raise the pitch. On sax it can also slow you down when your fingers have to travel farther. If you opened up every keycup a few inches, the pitch would be destroyed and it would basically be unplayable and impossible to regulate. So you can end up with a lamp if you go too far. There's a sweet spot in all cases.

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