Hi Wally, > Are you sure his clarinet wasn't going flat because of _his_ warm moist > breath going through it? The pitch would actually go sharp with moisture, owing to expansion of the barrel's diameter. However, there's not really much of an effect on pitch. Woodwinds are pretty stable. I once played oboe, which is probably the fussiest woodwind, and I never experienced that. Peace, Sarah
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