Klarinet Archive - Posting 000149.txt from 1997/02

From: "David C. Blumberg" <reedman@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: wrong clarinet
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 1997 22:41:11 -0500

Your still Marching?? :)

At 11:46 AM 2/6/97 EST, phth@-----.ORG wrote:
> IJ> I can say from recent experience trying some clarinets that have
> IJ> articuated G# to stay away! This is too much keywork for what you
> IJ> get in return. A tone hole is cut through the lower tenon of the
> IJ> upper joint and the coupling mechanism looks "real tender".
> ...
> IJ> In my opinion the extra keywork is begging to go out of adjustment
> IJ> that much more frequently and the extra holes can only degrade the
> IJ> sound.
> ...
> IJ> Jerry Korten NYC
> IJ>
>
>I, for one, have been playing a Selmer BT with articulated G# for over 45
>years and never had any trouble with the keywork. The extra hole in the
>tenon doesn't seem to have any adverse affect on the sound. However,
>there is one drawback -- you can't put a standard lyre on the instrument
>for marching!
>
>Philip Thompson
>Morristown, Vermont
>
>
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David C. Blumberg
reedman@-----.com
Principal Clarinet Riverside Symphonia
Adjunct Woodwind Instructor Univ. of Penn,. Bryn Mawr College