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 Re: tuning concert
Author: donald 
Date:   2013-06-08 11:15

Pulling at the middle joint has the same effect as moving the tone holes on the lower joint down- making the tube longer for each note. As the bore diameter starts to widen halfway down the lower joint, and the length of tube used for each note will be considerably longer than any upper joint note, a 1mm or 2mm "pull" at the centre joint will have considerably less evident effect on pitch than pulling the same amount at the barrel would have on an upper joint note.
It WILL still however have some effect- and to deny this is denying the basic physics upon which all woodwind instruments operate. To argue that moving the tone holes lower (or making the air collumn for any given note longer) DOESN'T lower pitch is, as NZers are fond of saying, "a nonsense", though to argue that it doesn't make a USEFUL DIFFERENCE is certainly your perogative.
Paul- next time you are in Auckland let's have a tuning session and we can try all these things out. It would be great to catch up with you.
dn

btw- Les Nicholas made a barrel for me, bored to acoustically match my old Backun mouthpiece and my Fesitval B flat. With this barrel/mouthpiece combo I have no need to pull at the centre joint- and to do so makes F/E in the upper register (top of the treble clef) quite flat. However using this barrel with my McClune mouthpiece, or my favourite Lomax, it is very helpful to pull at the centre joint. Obviously clarinet acoustics are not uncomplicated!



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