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Re: Help! Trouble with a new clarinet.

Author: Gordon (NZ)
Date: 2014-05-18 07:05

I'd say it is 100% certain your problem is due to leaks. (No clarinet I have finished servicing has significant resistance to responding.

The blowing test described is only as valid as the tester's experience in how hard to press the keys and how hard to (or not to) suck, and awareness that he is blocking the back of the mouth cavity with the tongue.

Blowing is VERY unreliable unless the the back of the mouth is sealed with the tongue and the front of the tongue used to gently push the air out - i.e. the opposite of sucking through a drinking straw. This is actually more reliable than a suck test.

There are dozens of possible causes of leaks, almost all of them not visible by eye.

That is where you need the diagnostic experience of a good technician. Writing in a forum is no substitute.

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