Klarinet Archive - Posting 000057.txt from 1995/06

From: Timothy Tikker <tjt@-----.ORG>
Subj: Re: KLARINET Digest - 3 Jun 1995 to 5 Jun 1995
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 1995 12:05:36 -0400

On Mon, 5 Jun 1995, Automatic digest processor wrote:

> Date: Sun, 4 Jun 1995 21:38:10 PDT
> From: Phillip Harris <pharris@-----.COM>
> Subject: Bb Clarinet Modified to C
>
> I recall reading some time ago, I no longer recall where, that a Bb clarinet
> could be modified to pitch it in C by fixing a 1/4 inch diameter string inside
> the clarinet for the length of the instrument. Care need be taken of course
> to not block any holes with the string.

Actually, the string drops the pitch, not raises it. So it's an old
trick to lower the pitch of a B-flat to that of an A.

I've tried it, and it works... sort of. The pitch is uneven, the tone
and response stuffy and ugly.