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Author: Claire Annette
Date: 2009-07-02 19:47
I mentioned in another thread that a student of mine just purchased a fairly new Buffet R13, Greenline. It's a fine horn and plays beautifully. The pads are in great shape. However, the fourth-line D buzzes when played. It's definitely mechanically-oriented. My guess is that it has to do with a spring because that's where it sounds like the buzz is coming from.
Yes, my student will have the clarinet checked out but I was wondering two things:
1. Does my guess sound plausible?
2. Is this buzz an ideosyncracy of the Greenline Buffet?
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Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2009-07-02 21:32
I think you might be correct but it could also be a slightly loose rod or screw. Tighten all the screws in the bottom joint to see if that helps. It could also be coming from a pad but that usually makes a different sound. The other thing I can think of is what's called sympathetic vibration, the pitch of that note making something on the clarinet vibrate slightly, also probably caused by something slightly loose. ESP http://eddiesclarinet.com
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Author: Claire Annette
Date: 2009-07-02 22:30
Good idea about the screws in the bottom joints. I'll give that a try. I know that my student will only be able to get his clarinet to the repair shop a couple of weeks from now but he meets with me for weekly lessons.
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Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2009-07-02 23:28
Also make sure none of the four r.h. trill keys is touching an adjacent one anywhere along its length. These long, flat pieces of metal are very close to each other and it doesn't take much of a knock to bend one of them slightly so that it's vibrating against its neighbor.
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Author: Curinfinwe
Date: 2009-07-03 01:00
Also, the left hand pinky keys. That happened to me last week- two of them were touching right up at the top and causing C, D, and E to have a metallic buzz to them.
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2009-07-03 11:28
Definitely check the top joint side/trill keys to be sure they're not touching anywhere along their length. I saw this on an R13 Greenline a few months ago where the instructor noticed a sympathetic buzz on upper register C, but it was easy enough to sort out with some careful bending as it was the side F# touchpiece end that was touching the side of the Bb trill key.
It's a slightly different matter if it's the pad cup ends or the trill keys touching the key guide as the chances are the pads may need reseating or replacing after realigning (bending) them so there's clearance all round.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: Gordon (NZ)
Date: 2009-07-03 13:01
Also check that the "leg" going to the crowsfoot of the F/C key is not just touching the spatulas on either side.
Check that the top 2 side keys are not touching their guide.
Check that each needle spring is completely free from contacting anything between its mounting and kits spring cradle.
Make sure the ligature screws are both tight.
And check that the arms on the E/B & F#/C# keys that the levers link to are not slightly touching.
Get somebody to hold the large metal ring on the bell to see if that stops vibrating.
Check for ANY metal part that is just touching another metal part that it should not touch..
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