Klarinet Archive - Posting 000654.txt from 1997/02

From: "Lorne G. Buick" <lgbuick@-----.net>
Subj: Re: Leblanc basset horn question...
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 08:44:46 -0500

In a word, no. I find the thumb key alone to be a bit stiff, so I always
press one of the pinky keys, but it should work fine with any one of them
(I usually use the low E key).

Demand your money back ;-) Seriously though, your repairman should
rectify this, he (or she) must have left one of the bottom keys out of
alignment. It should be a five minute job to fix.

> For those of you who own or work on a Leblanc basset horn, can you play
> a low C with just your right thumb alone, or do you also need your right
> pinky on the C#?
>
> It seems to me that when I first purchased my basset horn I could play the
> low C with just the thumb, but now after some work has been done on the
> instrument to open the clarion C (chalameau E) I can no longer play the
> low C with the thumb only, but need to push down on the C# pinky as well.
>
> Is this right?!
>
> =====================================================================
> Tom Ascher Internet: u15310@-----.edu
> University of Illinois at Chicago Phone: (312) 413-3665

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