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Chadash Clarinet Question

Author: SecondTry
Date: 2023-03-22 01:27

I was working on a leaky bottom joint on a friend's Chadash clarinet.

The tone hole for the [E3]

appeared to be more "proud" of the instrument than other tone holes: almost like on its own version of little baseball pitching mound, with a tone hole in the middle.

I couldn't figure out if this was a repair, a customization to perhaps fine tune pitch, or simply part of the build and likely to be found on other Chadash clarinets.

Thoughts? TIA

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Re: Chadash Clarinet Question

Author: ebonite
Date: 2023-03-22 01:43

Is it the tonehole for F/C?
It might be for tuning. In theory, a deeper chimney and smaller tonehole would flatten the upper register more than the lower register, so reducing the spread of the 12th

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Re: Chadash Clarinet Question

Author: SecondTry
Date: 2023-03-22 05:50

ebonite wrote:

> Is it the tonehole for F/C?
> It might be for tuning. In theory, a deeper chimney and smaller
> tonehole would flatten the upper register more than the lower
> register, so reducing the spread of the 12th

As mentioned (in the musical notation,) the tone hole in question controls the low E / mid B, not the low F / mid C.

Perhaps the same principles you cite apply to this lower tone hole. Maybe the mid "B" was sharp prior to this change.

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Re: Chadash Clarinet Question

Author: donald
Date: 2023-03-23 02:15

2nd try, the E/B 12th doesnt usually emit from a tone hole. I think you mean the tone hole you CLOSE for E/B, but which the sound for F/C will come from....

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Re: Chadash Clarinet Question

Author: paulyb
Date: 2023-03-23 10:57
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Are we talking about the lowest tone hole on the lower joint of a clarinet with a range down to low E? If so, the Buffet Elite had a raised tone hole for this note (I've tried to attach some photos from this site that shows it: https://www.clarinetsdirect.net/store/p121/Buffet-Elite-Clarinet.html#/ )

Is the Chadash clarinet similar? I believe, as was started above, that this was supposed to improve the intonation of low F.

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Re: Chadash Clarinet Question

Author: Chris P
Date: 2023-03-23 13:13

What you're probably looking at there is a raised F/C tonehole, which is an inset bush that's then been profiled so it purposely sits proud of the joint surface.

Raised/bushed F/C toneholes aren't a new thing as the Buffet Elite was one of the first production Boehm system clarinets to have that (back in the '80s) and there are other clarinets being made with inset/bushed/raised toneholes in certain places to this day. It's most likely been done to lengthen the tonehole to add more substance and stability to the F/C as well as altering the 12ths.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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