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Re: Overhaul An Out-Of-Tune R13 Or Buy New?

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2022-05-20 17:24

There are some folks out there who can work on a clarinet to get it to play better in tune such as Morrie Backun. As SunnyDaze had mentioned there is NO SUBSTITUTE for playing on an in-tune horn (this is your FIRST priority when trying gear, horns and mouthpieces.

Ok, I'll tell on myself. The first thing I listen/look for is a horn that's fun to play. BUT then I go through it with a tuner and make sure that the irregularities (and there are ALWAYS irregularities) are compensatable in easy ways. Tuning is the final deciding factor ALWAYS!!! There once was a Buffet Vintage that had the nicest sound I heard to date and was at a great price. The Bb sitting on the first ledger line over the staff was pretty well out of tune (not the corresponding throat Eb). I might have been able to get someone to "fix it," but I was not willing to take that chance and passed on it......still have dreams about that one.

NEXT TIME, buy one that tunes well.

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

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