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Re: Beginning the search for a new instrument

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2015-01-30 16:28

Trying out new instruments should be .......fun !!

If you haven't tried anything else, you should go to your store (never feel obligated to buy) and try a few.

I do a quick suction test just to make sure the horns seal ok to begin with.

Then what I do is just noodle (or play things you know and enjoy) on the selection to find the one or ones that are most enjoyable to play.

THEN, you go to work. Have a tuner or have the store let you use one. Place it on the meter function and then start with trouble spots - How flat are the low "E" and "F," is the throat "F" too low, are the throat "A" and "Bb" too high, (clarion doesn't have too many issues), where does the "C" two ledger lines above the staff tune, how even is the intonation amongst the altissimo notes with the fingerings you use most often?

Then just make sure you've checked chromatically for any possible intonation irregularities amongst the rest of all the other notes.

Any odd spring tensions, binding keys or even leaks can be easily remedied.

...............Paul Aviles

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