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Author: Ian White
Date: 2011-10-08 08:47
Low G - first thing is to check the opening of the F pad & E pads which should be about 4.5 mm. The opening of the bass joint keys also affects the tuning of other notes all over the instrument; again the C key should be about 4.5mm - so often these are set far too high which, counter-intuitively, lowers the pitch of G. Try playing the low G & slowly close the low D, C & B & see what effect this has. Have these as low as possible without affect the tuning & tone of other notes. A thicker cork under the end of the low B touchpiece nearest the pad key will close these down to suit.
Forked Eb - check that the Eb vent pad on the wing joint is sealing well (Key #17p on the chart in the resources section of the Fox web site). Also is the ring key of the boot joint (High G vent #25) closing tightly? Problems in these places can cause all sorts of tuning oddities.
Also do you use just LH 1 & 3 for this note? If so try adding the Bb key (L thumb) which is needed on most instruments to stabilise the Eb, despite what some fingering charts show.
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joem5636 |
2011-10-05 20:20 |
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Re: Low-G and Forked Eb intonation fixes new |
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Ian White |
2011-10-08 08:47 |
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joem5636 |
2011-10-11 12:41 |
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