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Re: Bass Clarinet Voicing Adjustments

Author: Hank Lehrer
Date: 2017-05-25 00:49

EP,

That's great to know that you have had such good luck with your Model 32; I, too, am sure that I have never played "perfectly" in tune. At least I've never heard any complaints from the principal bassoon who sits right next to me or from the conductor who is a stickler.

However, you have hit on the necessity to "voice" a note from time to time with pad height adjustments and/or tape or cork inserts. But finding a tech who is adept at this work is difficult. Compounding the problem in me finding a good used 35 or 65 is the fact that in some cases, re-padding or overhaul work on instruments I have trialed has been dramatically altered from what was probably excellent intonation originally.

Thanks for your insights.

HRL

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