Klarinet Archive - Posting 000081.txt from 1997/03

From: Peter Salveson <dsalveso@-----.NET>
Subj: low Eb
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 08:14:16 -0500

Trumpet mutes also work well.

>
> Incidentally, I've read other posts on this topic discussing putting
> things into the bell to change the pitch. There is a clarinet stand
> availble that is designed to fold up and fit into your bell for ease of
> transportation. It's called Pack-A-Stand. If you leave the stand in the
> bell, you can get a great low Eb. I am planning to use it to get the low
> Eb
> on the last page of the Busoni Concertino.
>
>
>
> Nathaniel Johnson
> Conductor / Clarinettist
> All-Around Good Guy
> University of Northern Colorado
>
>
> On Sun, 2 Mar 1997 17:06:23 -0600 "Edwin V. Lacy" <el2@-----.EDU>
> writes:
> >On Sun, 2 Mar 1997, James Pyne wrote:
> >
> >> increasing the bore size raises the pitch while decreasing the bore
> >> size lowers the pitch.
> >
> >Is it possible that this is a typo, or that the two items were
> >unintentionally transposed?
> >
> >If not, and if the above is true, it certainly is a revolutionary
> >musical
> >phenomenon. In every other case I know of, increasing the bore size
> >_lowers_ the pitch, and vice-versa. For example, opening a bassoon or
> >oboe reed increases the bore size and lowers the pitch. Loosening the
> >embouchure on saxophone or clarinet allows the reed to open more,
> >thereby
> >creating a larger interior volume (among other effects) and lowers the
> >pitch.
> >
> >Ed Lacy
> >el2@-----.edu
> >
>