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Re: 1010 clarinet very sharp

Author: Hurstfarm
Date: 2023-09-27 23:28

I can’t help much with the starting question as each instrument is different, but having “grown up” with 1010s I can say confidently that they weren’t designed to tune to a high pitch - particularly as UK orchestras had mostly transitioned to A=440 before WW2. I generally needed the longer (66mm) barrel for mine, but had no systematic tuning problems with that. 1010s had a reputation for slightly wayward intonation for some notes though, and players learned to compensate through a combination of embouchure and fingering adjustments. A couple of decades later I switched to Peter Eaton Elites, which were like better made 1010s with most of the intonation quirks miraculously erased!

I’d also take issue with the suggestion that Eaton mouthpieces generally tune sharp. I used his mouthpieces on my 1010s and my Elites with no such problems, so as ever people’s experience to the contrary (which I’m not questioning) is probably down to the coupling of particular mouthpieces and instruments. I don’t think your problem here (paraphrasing) is that “1010s play sharp” compounded by “Eaton mouthpieces play sharp”. Not much help I know, but I fear it’s not that simple!

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