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 Re: Problems with intonation in Wurlitzer Reform Boehm
Author: donald 
Date:   2008-02-01 17:52

i own a pair of H Wurlitzer Reform Boehm clarinets made in the 1970s and previously played by a principal player in Europe and NZ. In the 1980s they were given a complete overhaul by Wurlitzer and have been little used since then.

- while some intonation "issues" appear to be caused by the player "voicing" clearly others are not. On the A clarinet experimenting with different mouthpieces/reeds has still not resulted in intonation better than my R13 (and with similar flaws i might add).

- despite the "French=bright German=dark" cliche i find that with the Wurlitzer clarinet i don't need to work as much to add any brightness/ring to the sound. It feels as if the shape of the sound is dictated by the instrument (well, of course it isn't, but it just feels that way more so than on Buffet). Remembering this, and really resisting the impulse to adjust every note (it's so smooth you don't need to!) helps the intonation.

- Those plastic Wurlitzer mouthpieces? i wonder if any professional players in Germany use them, or if they cast them aside as Buffet players do the plastic mouthpieces that come with the R13. I'd bet that no one really uses them... (but am prepared to be proven wrong)

So, my original intention was not to use these in orchestra but for odd little chamber music projects (like the Mozart Quintet performance i have in March). However at the moment i have enough trouble keeping "in shape"/reeds etc on my Buffet, my E flat clarinet and Tenor and Alto saxophones (that i have to play in the orchestra every so often)... plus long term projects using period instruments. It all takes too much time- so sadly my Wurlitzer clarinets are neglected.
One thing i do find (that supports the "it's the player not the instrument" line of reasoning) is that if i have a practise session using Wurlitzer the sound sticks in my head, and when i switch back to Buffet i tend to sound "more Wurlitzer" (a very un-scientific observation that may just be my imagination).
i hope that this was somehow helpful, good luck!
donald nicholls
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