Klarinet Archive - Posting 000156.txt from 1995/05

From: David Brewer <dbrewer@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Instrument questions
Date: Thu, 4 May 1995 11:49:27 -0400

>Scott McChesney writes about the technical advantages of clarinet
>over other woodwind instruments. This is something I've always
>wondered about myself. After playing clarinet for many years, then
>taking up sax and flute, I often wondered why these other
>instruments do not take advantage of the technology inherent in
>clarinet. I am particulary puzzled by the saxophone, since it
>was invented after the clarinet.

I find this view interesting, because I have always found the way the
saxophone is put together to make more sense then the way the clarinet is.
Especially when it comes to fingerings; it's so nice to be able to push the
register key and jump an OCTAVE. That seems to make it a heck of a lot
easier to improvise in both octaves.

What aspects of clarinet technology does the saxophone not take advantage of?

David Brewer
dbrewer@-----.edu