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Re: C clarinet altissimo flat...

Author: cearnsh
Date: 2015-12-01 15:58

An Eb barrel is way too small in all dimensions to work with a C clarinet. You may find that you need a different mouthpiece from your normal Bb one to play in tune in the altissimo on a C. I use a B45 on my Leblanc LL Bb with no tuning problems, but I'm horribly flat in the altissimo with that mouthpiece on my LL C. On the other hand, a 5RV lyre + half-strength harder reed works really well. So you may have to do some experimenting to see if this sort of change might work for you.

A shorter barrel will tend to throw the rest of the tuning out, especially the throat notes, which would be a shame if it's otherwise OK.

My previous C clarinet was a Buffet E11 which I found played flat overall and I had a custom barrel made for that at Wood, Wind and Reed in Cambridge. It was about £50 IIRC, but that was quite a few years ago.

Chris

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