CK
01-23-2006, 06:24 PM
Hello,
I'm having a problem and I thought I'd run it by here to see if there's something I can do before I take the horn to a tech. This is on my King Zephyr tenor, when I play my 1st D postion with the octave key engaged (D2), or any other first postion note below the D with the octave key engaged, rather than getting the right note I get what sounds like a harmonic a fifth up from the note. For example, when I finger D2 (first position D with the octave key engaged) rather than getting a D, I get an A tone (sounds like a harmonic); when I finger C2 I get a G tone, etc. This only happens at the D position and below: D#, E, and the notes above those position are fine with the octave key engaged. I can actually get the second octave D in the first D position by blowing the note at an octave up, but as soon as I engage the octave key the tone jumps up to an A tone. This has me puzzled: I'm pretty sure it's not me as I've never had problems with those notes before, and I've tried different reeds and mouthpieces and it's still doing it. Also, this literally happended over night with this horn. One day it was fine, and then the next time I picked it up this was happening. I'm thinking that I must have done something to the horn when cleaning it or handling it, or something has gone out on it, but I can't see anything that looks wrong to me. Does this problem sound familiar to any one? What should I be looking for? Your help is greatly appreciated!
I'm having a problem and I thought I'd run it by here to see if there's something I can do before I take the horn to a tech. This is on my King Zephyr tenor, when I play my 1st D postion with the octave key engaged (D2), or any other first postion note below the D with the octave key engaged, rather than getting the right note I get what sounds like a harmonic a fifth up from the note. For example, when I finger D2 (first position D with the octave key engaged) rather than getting a D, I get an A tone (sounds like a harmonic); when I finger C2 I get a G tone, etc. This only happens at the D position and below: D#, E, and the notes above those position are fine with the octave key engaged. I can actually get the second octave D in the first D position by blowing the note at an octave up, but as soon as I engage the octave key the tone jumps up to an A tone. This has me puzzled: I'm pretty sure it's not me as I've never had problems with those notes before, and I've tried different reeds and mouthpieces and it's still doing it. Also, this literally happended over night with this horn. One day it was fine, and then the next time I picked it up this was happening. I'm thinking that I must have done something to the horn when cleaning it or handling it, or something has gone out on it, but I can't see anything that looks wrong to me. Does this problem sound familiar to any one? What should I be looking for? Your help is greatly appreciated!