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Re: unwanted gliss between clarion E-G or F-G

Author: clarnibass
Date: 2010-11-05 04:55

Try also F to G, F# to G and D to G. Does the same thing happen?

Try to listen to what this extra note is. Is it a (sharp) F#?

What happens if you try the same in the lower register, A to C? Do you get a note (B or something else) between them too?

First thing is to try this without playing and instead watch the right hand ring keys to see if they move up slowly.

It could be one of the things Ken mentioned, but I disagree with some of what he wrote. If the problem is a screw binding the hinge and it is a headless pivot screw, loctite is absolutely fine to use. But only the weak loctite which is possible to remove, there's no problem. If it is the screw but it is a headed screw, I prefer a repair to the mechanism itself instead of nail polish or anything like that.

It could be the bridge sticking too. This can happen from a loose middle tenon sometimes, where the bridge alignment would change, sometimes depending on how you hold the clarinet.

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