Ever had this problem? You've just spent 15 minutes carefully selecting and mounting a reed on your mouthpiece. With great care you position it just right and it blows like a dream. Five minutes into the gig and you're blowing a little sharp...so you reach up to the mouthpiece to pull it off a little...and disaster strikes. The ligature slips, the reed skews and in your desperate rush to replace the reed you end up chipping the tip and ruining it. Wouldn't it be handy to be able to adjust the tuning without having to wrestle with the mouthpiece and its delicate reed?
Ya, begitulah ide pemikiran yang mendasari dikembangkannya microtuner, piranti yang ada di bagian ujung neck saxophone untuk menyetel maju mundurnya posisi mouthpiece. Pengembangnya antara lain perusahaan CG. Conn, Julius Keilwerth, dll.
Itu terjadi di jaman dulu sekian puluh tahun lalu, ketika pabrik2 pembuat saxophone sedang getol dan bersemangat bereksperimen dalam memproduksi saxophone. Namun seiring jaman, microtuner itu ditinggalkan. Mungkin keberadaannya dianggap kurang penting dan tidak begitu diperlukan.
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