[Dixielandjazz] Tuning the clarinet

[Russ Guarino]

I had a first time experience yesterday while playing at a winery.  The day was
beautiful, warm but not hot and not humid.

Using the "Click" barrel that I have now learned how to operate, I started at
about 64 mm, [ up one from the bottom ] at the end of the first set I had gone
sharp and clicked up two more steps.  At the end of the second set I had to click
up two more mm go get back in tune.  And it was the first time I really had a
"long" adjustment from the first position and it  was the first time I actually
needed several adjustments during one afternoon of performing.  It is real handy
to be able to adjust with out changing barrels.  I don't know why I kept get
getting sharper and sharper, but ....?

I have never been a person who uses "gizmos", but this one works.

Russ Guarino

BudTuba at aol.com wrote:

>
> In a message dated 11/10/05 2:46:26 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> barbonestreet at earthlink.net writes:
>
> Snippet  quoted From Tom Ridenour's web site. Note the discussion on barrels.
> I use  a 63mm barrel on my Selmer 10G to play in tune with the rest of the
> band,  in place of the 66mm barrel supplied originally. And they tune to  440.
>
> For pity's sake, why aren't these things tuned at the factory?
>
>
>
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