Re: major intonation flaws


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Posted by Joe S. on May 12, 2001 at 23:16:26:

In Reply to: major intonation flaws posted by Kenneth Sloan on May 12, 2001 at 22:48:26:

Many marching baritones have very short* main tuning slides without much room to accomodate different mouthpiece cup depths. Very likely, your son is using a Schilke 51D, which plays very "low" and requires the main tuning slide on most baritones be pushed in a lot. If he uses a "stock" 6-1/2AL Bach or Bach copy, the pitch will be high enough, and there will be more brilliance in the sound, which is OK for outdoor playing.

All of this being said, this is only an educated guess. The answer can only surely be discovered by face-to-face witnessing of the problem.

*D.E.G. Dynasty marching baritones actually used to be shipped with TWO main tuning slides, to accomodate either "medium" (longer slide) or "deep" (shorter slide) cupped mouthpieces. They no longer do this, undoubtedly for economical reasons, as no one else has ever even though to do so.




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