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 Re: Problems with intonation in Wurlitzer Reform Boehm
Author: Liquorice 
Date:   2008-05-24 15:32

Tom, thank for your informative post. It did seem somewhat patronising in tone, but I'll just assume that I'm misunderstanding your tone in this written medium and that you are enthusiastically sharing your experiences!

The thing is, I have played with professional players who play Wurlitzer reform-Boehm, and while they do manage to get good results with these instruments, they do have to work much harder to get acceptable intonation than we French players do. The players themselves would be the first to admit that there are certain registers where the intonation is just way off. They say it is a real struggle to play these instruments in tune. (Something which, in your enthusiasm, you don't seem to be able to admit) The amount of embouchure adjustment and fingering shadings which they have to use is far more than I have to do on a Buffet.

I think that in clarinet playing there is sometimes a compromise between tone quality, dynamics and intonation. For example, on a typical Buffet clarinet it is impossible to play a low F in fortissimo with a wonderful rich tone, and still be in tune, unless one has time to quickly push in before that note comes. Intonation is usually of utmost importance (except perhaps in certain solo pieces) so the compromise would be to play a little softer and not with an overly open and relaxed embouchure. You get the note in tune but play a bit softer and less rich-sounding than you would like.

To me the Wurlitzer RB instruments are just too much of a compromise. The instrument may have a beautiful tone, but one loses that tone on too many notes when adjusting them for intonation.

If you're able to play your instrument in tune to your own satisfaction then congratulations!

You wrote: "What may sound out of tune up close may not sound so out of tune farther away as the sound travels"

I find this very hard to understand...
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