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Author: Penny
Date: 2006-03-19 23:19
Hey everybody! I'm new here, but it would be much appreciated if someone could help me out:
Last July I bought a Yamaha Custom clarinet. I have a terrible ear, and when I tried it out at the store with my Bonade ligature, 3.5 Vandorens and 5RV lyre 13 mouthpiece I did not notice how low the instrument ran.
After playing in front of a tuner, I noticed that I was a good twenty cents flat primarily in the clarion register and even perhaps thirty cents flat in the chalemeau.
I have been using my Buffet E11 with the same moutpiece/ligature/reed arrangment in the meantime.
The funny thing is, the Yamaha barrel is really short (shorter than the one with my E 11)
Does anyone have a Yamaha Custom? If so, what arrangement do you use?
Or, perhaps someone can tell me if the issue can be solved by trying different mouthpieces/ligatures/barrels.
Thanks so much!
Penny
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Author: Clarinetgirl06
Date: 2006-03-19 23:28
I have a feeling you are playing the Yamaha CSG. In fact, I'm 99% sure that is what you are talking about.
I tested these buggers out a few times and they did run flat for me for a period of around 20 minutes. A 442 mp helped to bring the pitch up though. Email Yamaha about your problem and I know they'd be more than happy to mail you some different tapered barrels to try or they might even try to fix the problem with your horn for you.
I went through this same battle before I sent back my CSG.
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Author: pewd
Date: 2006-03-19 23:49
>5RV lyre 13
thats an A-440 mouthpiece (13 series - a440. non13 series - a442)
Try a non-13 series mouthpiece, e.g., try a 5RV-Lyre and not a 5RV-Lyre-13.
E11's are pitched at A442. A 13 series mouthpiece on an E11 pulls it down close to A440.
- Paul Dods
Dallas, Texas
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