After so many years of not playing it is hard to know if my horn is working. Sometimes I seem to have to blow pretty hard to make it play. That could be the new reed, though it's a Vandoren 2 1/2 with an hour of playing on it now. The clarinet seems inconsistent. Sometimes, right about middle C, I think it sounds good and plays easy. Yet it sounds wispy an octave lower. It doesn't not play, or squeak uncontrollably anywhere. I don't recall having any of these issues when I played years ago.
Of course, my embouchure is gone, my clarinet has sat unused for years, and I have a new reed on it.
I tested each part for air leaks, seems ok.
So, short of taking this to a tech and asking them to fiddle with it, is there any sort of diagnostic process I can go through?
Of course, my embouchure is gone, my clarinet has sat unused for years, and I have a new reed on it.
I tested each part for air leaks, seems ok.
So, short of taking this to a tech and asking them to fiddle with it, is there any sort of diagnostic process I can go through?