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gone sharp

Author: Philip Caron
Date: 2023-07-20 21:20

My Buffet R13 dates from the '60's. I've been playing it for 15 years. My local band tunes to a tuner at A440, and for a most of those years I could tune to that with a 65mm barrel pulled a small amount.

Now my R13 is playing much sharper. I'm having to pull the 65 barrel out almost until cork is showing, and pull the middle joint out a ways, and pull the bell way out too. Then most everything is in tune, except lowest F and E.

The pitch rise seems to me to have been sudden, but I might have missed something more gradual. The local band only plays in the summer, and I don't usually bother to check my tuning when I'm practicing off-season.

Why would a seemingly stable clarinet veer so sharp? I tried different mpc's and ligs, no difference. Register key seems clear. I'm scratching my head.

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gone sharp

Philip Caron

2023-07-20 21:20