Author: TomS
Date: 2022-03-24 02:23
Well ... I just had the chance, just a few minutes ago to play one of the Protege clarinets. Higher pitched than my Alpha with same MP and reed. With tuner set to 442, barrel pulled for in-tune thumb F, clarion B,C and D were still about 15-25 cents sharp. Pulled middle joint about 1mm and still very sharp. Checking the upper clarion register, the high B and C were quite flat. Noted other problems elsewhere. Not good. Much worse than any of my other clarinets.
This seemed to be an old production model that has been in inventory for several years, so don't know what kind of care has been taken. Might be a dud that was warped or damaged in some way, and they couldn't sell it ...
MP was Reserve Evolution/440 with Evolution #3 reed.
Nice sound though. Plays really well. If the pitches were closer, I'd bought it ...
We have a community band made up of older musicians, (one guy in the sax section is about to turn 100). So, we tend to tune, unfortunately, at about 438. A problem for a 442 pitched instrument. I try to tune to 440, usually.
I've played the Q and really liked it, but didn't check the tuning ... might have to have one shipped to me, as the local dealer has very little except kids klarinets.
Tom
Post Edited (2022-03-24 06:37)
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