Hi WF members,
I have had my Pedler BC for just over a year now. The "train wreck" of a horn was overhauled beautifully by my tech. This is one of the good ones, when Harry was still in charge - five piece -wood body but w/o the double register key.
I cleaned and polished it -put some peppermint oil in it at first to mask the funky odors, then left it on the stand for a good "airing out" it has that art deco Pedler engraving on the bell. It went back to the tech 3x over the last year to correct leaks and adjustments (I have a neat LED12V slim leak light) and it now plays nice from top (interesting altissimo) to bottom. I obtained 2 Grabner pieces in a trade from a SOTW member. One is a Selmer blank and the other is unmarked. Grabner now uses Zinner blanks. The former owner of my 2 Grabners tells me that he could not tell much difference between the two. Now that I have had some playing time (after a 30 + year recess from playing clarinet) I agree. The Grabners respond nicely, but intonation is an issue.
So my issue is that it plays uniformly flat. I am guessing that it is my relaxed "sax" embouchure? I play flat on all of my saxes including my Series II Bari, but I simply push the mouthpiece up until the cork is covered and it solves the problem. With the BC it is pushed all the way in, so no where to go. I use a 2.5 and a 3.5 Fibracell, the stiffer reed doesn't seem to make much of a difference.
Any thoughts/ suggestions? Thanks
I have had my Pedler BC for just over a year now. The "train wreck" of a horn was overhauled beautifully by my tech. This is one of the good ones, when Harry was still in charge - five piece -wood body but w/o the double register key.
I cleaned and polished it -put some peppermint oil in it at first to mask the funky odors, then left it on the stand for a good "airing out" it has that art deco Pedler engraving on the bell. It went back to the tech 3x over the last year to correct leaks and adjustments (I have a neat LED12V slim leak light) and it now plays nice from top (interesting altissimo) to bottom. I obtained 2 Grabner pieces in a trade from a SOTW member. One is a Selmer blank and the other is unmarked. Grabner now uses Zinner blanks. The former owner of my 2 Grabners tells me that he could not tell much difference between the two. Now that I have had some playing time (after a 30 + year recess from playing clarinet) I agree. The Grabners respond nicely, but intonation is an issue.
So my issue is that it plays uniformly flat. I am guessing that it is my relaxed "sax" embouchure? I play flat on all of my saxes including my Series II Bari, but I simply push the mouthpiece up until the cork is covered and it solves the problem. With the BC it is pushed all the way in, so no where to go. I use a 2.5 and a 3.5 Fibracell, the stiffer reed doesn't seem to make much of a difference.
Any thoughts/ suggestions? Thanks