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Re: Question for clarinet tech - Help!

Author: stevensfo
Date: 2006-04-30 14:20

Thanks for all your replies. Chris and Gordon, your posts are as usual worth their weight in gold!

In fact, I've managed to improve the sharpness of the x00 x00 fingering by using a slightly longer barrel - although at the expense of the other fingering. The bridge mechanism, as far as I can see, is working perfectly. I also compared the pad heights and pitch with other clarinets and I think that this problem, although as you say, occurs in all clarinets, may be particularly characteristic of Couesnon. Well, mine at least.

Strangely the clarinet where this fingering gave the closest to the standard Eb fingering was an old Normandy 10. This is a strange clarinet. The wood feels harder or denser to me and the bore is quite rough compared to the nice smooth bores of the others. I've no idea how, or where to accurately measure the diameter, but when I use the Doc's oiling rod, it definitely feels very slightly tighter than the others.
Another thing I noticed was how easy it is to get the altissimo notes out of it. They just pop out with no effort at all. Is this related to the diameter of the bore?

Now, about the Bb fingering..... ;-)

Steve

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