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Re: Tuning the clarinet

Author: 4accord
Date: 2015-06-25 16:47

Lots of sound advice above, and I can add very little. Have been dealing with the same issue with one of my clarinets that is just badly out of tune no matter what I do - especially in the lowest notes. So, just yesterday, I tried every mouthpiece I own and found that some make the situation better than others (but nothing fixes it). This is a very common discussion among C melody sax players - finding a mouthpiece that sounds good and at the same time keeps the instrument in tune is very challenging. Of course, reed strength and embouchures add to this equation, too. I find soft reeds tend to make me flatter, and I have to lip 'n bite to bend the note back up where it belongs. But bottom line is that some instruments left the factory out of tune, and no amount of anything short of re-drilling is gonna fix that.

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