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Re: Revisted question: mouthpieces & clarinets ca 1880s-1920s

Author: Fuzzy
Date: 2016-10-27 23:48

Thanks for the responses. It appears the general consensus is that the issue is simply one of clarinet design.

I suppose technology and advancement have their place, right?

As a side note: removing the bell does produce tones that are nearly in tune.

Wes: thanks for the information about your two instruments, and what it took to bring them to 440! Perhaps I'll try to find someone who is skilled enough to perform such work on my vintage hard rubber and wooden clarinets - unfortunately, my favorites are metal, and so such modification might be made on them...<sigh>

Michael: thanks for the wonderful graph! Surely enough, my old "professional" line of ~1900 era instruments seem to match the pitch representation of your graph.

Looks like I might have to bring my old Boehm system out of storage for classical performances - or continue as I have.

Thanks again for everyone who has responded! (I'm still open to other input if anyone else has experience in this area!)

Fuzzy

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