....and just for yucks, here's a sample post from the
Recorder list-
This should be of some interest.
An ordinaryish Aulos Soprano arrives today as a part
of a job lot.
It plays weakly so I guess that the windway is
partially blocked.
There is also the peculiarity that one particular
note, the first C
up (usually one of the easier notes) is all but
missing, distinctly
weaker than all the rest, even the C# and B right next
to it, and on
that account I am not optimistic. Any sign of damage?
Bore messed up?
No. Everything visible is normal enough.
Then when the windway is immersed for ten seconds in
boiling water,
hey presto, a small piece of detritus comes forth,
easily fished out
with a cocktail stick.
The wonder is then that not only is the overall tone
full and fresh
again, as expected. The peculuarity of the missing C
is also
eliminated. What happens in the windway is not just
important to the
chiff and the air pressure; it may well affect
particular
frequencies. Everything is resonant and everything
affects everything
else.
The Old Grey Whistle Tester, London, UK
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