Contrabass Digest

2001-02-17

From: "Johnson, David L"
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 16:21:26 -0800
Subject: RE: [CB] [CB Digest]

Middle D key sharp on Bari comment:
Suggest also checking height of open lower C key.
 
 

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Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 20:17:21 +0000
From: Robert Howe
Subject: [CB] Re:tuning middle D on large saxophones

> Was playing my bari today, and noticed the middle D was real sharp, was
> wondering if any sax players out there know any tricks or adjustments to
> make it lower a little.

Don't use the octave key, use the D key and keep the 6 fingers down.  The
octave key is too high on the horn for middle D and it pulls the pitch up.

Robert Howe

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From: ZIPPYTPH
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 20:23:56 EST
Subject: Re: [CB] [CB Digest]

Remember to never overlook the obvious.  I played next to a soprano sax
player during a concert.  The fellow was very concerned over his intonation.
After the concert as he was putting away his horn out pops from the end of
the sop sax his cork grease.
SH
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From: Heliconman
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 23:45:58 EST
Subject: Re: [CB] [CB Digest]

In a message dated 2/16/01 8:24:15 PM Eastern Standard Time, ZIPPYTPH writes:

<< Remember to never overlook the obvious.  I played next to a soprano sax
 player during a concert.  The fellow was very concerned over his intonation.
 
 After the concert as he was putting away his horn out pops from the end of
 the sop sax his cork grease.
 SH >>

Reminds me of the gig where I arrived at the last minute on a very cold day.
I quickly put together my trombone and began to play. The mouthpiece was
cold, the sound a little bit stuffy but the slide moved well enough....until
I went for a sixth position low C (slide almost all the way out for you
non-boners). Pulling the slide quickly back for a second position note, the
slide jammed. Wouldn't move in or out! I thought it might have ice in it
since I'd just arrived from outdoors. I dropped back to the kitchen and tried
to gently pull the outer slide off...noop...took a real good tug.
Off came the outer slide...and out dropped a chopstick that I'd been carrying
in my case to use as a percussion beater.
Well, I don't keep chopsticks or pencils or ANYTHING like that in my case
anymore! And as a tuba player, I'm never surprised at the oddball items that
I find while cleaning out a newly acquired old tuba! Everything from dead
crickets (What a final concert!) to old underwear (Must have been a GREAT
tuba player!)!
Cheers!
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Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 10:53:43 -0800
From: David Flager
Subject: Re: [CB] [CB Digest]

playing my bari today, and noticed the middle D was real sharp, was
wondering if any sax players out there know any tricks or adjustments to
make it lower a little.
Andrew

I'm the author of this page. http://www.jps.net/tubadave/index24.htm
I venture to say your LOW "D" is likely sharp also. You play an older
horn, With the hole for your "C" at the bend that is smaller than the
"D" hole??

David F
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