Klarinet Archive - Posting 000424.txt from 1996/09

From: Roger Shilcock
Subj: Scott Lipcon & Mr Neidich's instruments
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 03:42:54 -0400

Mozart would have expected an "ordinary" clarinet (for want of a better
term) to have 5 or 6 keys. By 1796, some makers were putting extras on;
without seeing the pictures Scott L. has, it is impossible to know just
what CN was using - unless, of course, the originals of these instruments
are very well known (to those who know more abouot these things than I do
...).
I'm slightly surprised Dan Leeson didn't say more about this.
The most obvious fingering difference from a Boehm (apart from the way
the latter uses the keys) is that the note

x x x | x o o
x
sounds B natural or F sharp, not B flat / F. This means that F has either
to be cross-fingered or have a key provided. This basic arrangement of
the RH holes has been perpetuated on instruments with Oehler and similar
German-style fingering systems.
Roger Shilcock

   
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