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Re: Buffet International clarinet help

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2016-01-06 13:35

Ok I'm not familiar with your horn, but I looked at one on Ebay and it is described as "a step up" from an E11. That should be "ok." I don't understand "being sharp on the e/b key." Boehm clarinets ARE set up to be slightly high on the third line 'B' and slightly low on the 'low E.' But if you are having some internal pitch irregularity such as one note being much high than the next, no change in equipment (barrel or
otherwise) is going to remedy that.

The other issue you describe about getting sharp as you play is also commonplace. Well, if what you mean is that after about ten minutes you play about ten cents (on the tuner) higher than when you started. Most of that is the instrument warming up, or rather the air column in the horn warming up. You'll experience a similar difference in pitch between playing in a cool room (circa 65 degrees) vs a hot one (circa 90 degrees). You compensate by just pulling the barrel out a little more.

If clarinet is not your main focus anyway, you may want to hold on to that one and get it in good working order rather than looking to spend thousands on a new horn. This stuff would be great to work out with your teacher as long as he/she is apprised of all the parameters you spelled out.

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

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