Klarinet Archive - Posting 000851.txt from 1995/05

From: Steve Fowler <sfowler@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Articulated G#
Date: Tue, 30 May 1995 18:26:25 -0400

You wrote:
>
>why would articulated G# take away 1 and 1 Bb-Eb? It does not on
saxophone.
>What i have heard is that it is hard to make a mechanism on a two
piece
>body which works. But articulated G# should be easy on a unibody
clarinet.
>And it should be easy on flute. And I am poiled by saxophone, and I
want
>it.
>
>Syd
>
Syd,

Articulated G# is nice to have. The mechanism is touchy on a
standard clarinet because the bridge key must line up perfectly for the
1&1 to work properly, so adding another key that must be lines up
perfectly to work can often times leave you with a choice. Do you want
1&1 or art. G#. That's the reality of it. Also they found that boring a
hole through the tenon caused a problem with cracking. (This is where
the tonehole is on an Articulated G# Clarinet.

Flute? Now that would be fun on a closed G# mechanism :-)

later,

Steve

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