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Author: samohan245
Date: 2007-11-15 20:57
this doesnt relate to the clarinet but i want to help my fellow friend.
on my friends Yanagisawa saxophone and his c# is extremely sharp, so sharp it sounds 2 pitches higher!!!
and idea why?
...... go!
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2007-11-15 23:15
Which C# do you mean?
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Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
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Single and Double Reed Specialist
Oboes, Clarinets and Saxes
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Author: skygardener
Date: 2007-11-16 01:42
That is impossible. I think that (s)he must be pushing a side key or something without knowing it.
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Author: Bob Phillips
Date: 2007-11-16 02:57
My old pawn-shop Soprano Sax had similar problems, but I would not expect that sort of behaviour from a Yanigisawa.
Bob Phillips
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Author: GBK
Date: 2007-11-16 02:58
samohan245 wrote:
> on my friends Yanagisawa saxophone and his c# is
> extremely sharp, so sharp it sounds 2 pitches higher!!!
Close enough for jazz.
...GBK
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2007-11-16 11:11
The open C# is normally flat, and can be remedied and resonated using the following fingerings:
8ve oox|ooo
8ve oox|xoo
8ve oox|xxo
8ve oox|xxxEb
8ve oox|xxx
So if it's sharp, there must be something strange going on (which has already been mentioned).
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
Independent Woodwind Repairer
Single and Double Reed Specialist
Oboes, Clarinets and Saxes
NOT A MEMBER OF N.A.M.I.R.
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2007-11-16 14:19
"Sounds" to me like an open "palm" key, the highest one ??. Small hands? Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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Author: samohan245
Date: 2007-11-16 19:19
nope trust me ive seen this GUY play. no fingers not hitting any other keys.
yeah like a d#
and all the other notes are perfect
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Author: skygardener
Date: 2007-11-16 22:17
what size sax is this?
so he fingers B and B comes out, C and C comes out, C# and D# comes out, D and D comes out? If he plays all fingers open he gets the same sound as if he plays 8va xxxlxxx D# ???
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Author: stevesklar
Date: 2007-11-17 10:42
that leads us to the C# tone hole - or the top tone hole in the upper stack that is attached to the upper stack mechanism. BUT it should be a sharp C#, not a D# coming out. By lowering the action it bring it in tune .. but not if it's a D#
something else is outta whack.
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2007-11-17 13:10
A bumper cork has probably fallen off, letting the key open too wide.
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Author: skygardener
Date: 2007-11-17 13:17
You could take all thoes keys up to the c# hole off and it still wouldn't be d#. I'd bet my best reed that he's pushing a side key.
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2007-11-17 14:07
Yanagisawas have excellent tuning, so something funny must be going on somewhere as there's no way the open C# will sound a whole tone higher than a C# - there's nothing mechanical that will cause this oddity without any intervention from the player.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
Independent Woodwind Repairer
Single and Double Reed Specialist
Oboes, Clarinets and Saxes
NOT A MEMBER OF N.A.M.I.R.
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: stevesklar
Date: 2007-11-17 18:58
neck octave not closing all the way??? (assuming he's not touching anything)
something stuck in the horn ?
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