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My apologies for posting this question on a sax forum, but this is the only place I know of that I can have so many techs eyeball a question.
I have seen much ado about 'resonance tuning', etc. with bassoon, and assume it's a black art on par with or beyond that of say, saxophone neck alterations. I have a new bassoon with a B that is quite flat and stuffy on the second line and on top of the staff. I can vent the Bb key and it is vastly improved, but that isn't that friendly in technical passages.
Do any of you know any basic mechanical fixes for this issue that may not be obvious, or do I just need to send this thing off to someone to work on the tonehole below? I'm thinking this isn't something my local music store tech, not being a bassoonist, is likely to be able to handle with comfort, is that correct?
Thanks,
Alan
I have seen much ado about 'resonance tuning', etc. with bassoon, and assume it's a black art on par with or beyond that of say, saxophone neck alterations. I have a new bassoon with a B that is quite flat and stuffy on the second line and on top of the staff. I can vent the Bb key and it is vastly improved, but that isn't that friendly in technical passages.
Do any of you know any basic mechanical fixes for this issue that may not be obvious, or do I just need to send this thing off to someone to work on the tonehole below? I'm thinking this isn't something my local music store tech, not being a bassoonist, is likely to be able to handle with comfort, is that correct?
Thanks,
Alan