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Wow!
Um I mean wow!
Either it's me (returning from a long sax layoff), the horn or the mpc/reed, but the intonation on this thing is all over the place.
The horn: Buescher TT (1922-23), Silver plate, curved neck.
Mpc: Original Buescher C-Mel mpc
Reed: Rico Bass Clarinet 3
Me: Well, old and out of shape.
The horn blows easy over the entire range. There is no damage save one tiny little ding on the neck about an inch past the octave pip. It is really a beautiful horn.
I spent a few hours tuning then playing up and down then tuning then playing up and down...
Whichever note I tuned (C, G, F#, Bb, D) was fine. Move off that note and then it was all over the place. Sharp or flat, no rhyme or reason that I could see. No pattern (gets sharp as you go higher?). Nope.
I'll have to try this exercise with my alto to make sure it's not me. I hope it is me. I can fix me.
Um I mean wow!
Either it's me (returning from a long sax layoff), the horn or the mpc/reed, but the intonation on this thing is all over the place.
The horn: Buescher TT (1922-23), Silver plate, curved neck.
Mpc: Original Buescher C-Mel mpc
Reed: Rico Bass Clarinet 3
Me: Well, old and out of shape.
The horn blows easy over the entire range. There is no damage save one tiny little ding on the neck about an inch past the octave pip. It is really a beautiful horn.
I spent a few hours tuning then playing up and down then tuning then playing up and down...
Whichever note I tuned (C, G, F#, Bb, D) was fine. Move off that note and then it was all over the place. Sharp or flat, no rhyme or reason that I could see. No pattern (gets sharp as you go higher?). Nope.
I'll have to try this exercise with my alto to make sure it's not me. I hope it is me. I can fix me.