Klarinet Archive - Posting 000177.txt from 1997/05

From: ghopkins@-----.net (Gary Hopkins)
Subj: RE: extra keys
Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 22:09:38 -0400

Carl, that sounds interesting. Do you have a photo of it? I'd like to see
what it looks like.

Gary (ghopkins@-----.net)

>Gary, I have a custom Eb/Ab key with a thumb attachment under the lower joint,
>made by Hans Eriksen. I also have an extension on the LH C#/G# for trilling
>and an extension just below the first ring so I can trill Ab to Bb with the
>2nd finger. Carl Anderson DClarinet@-----.com
>
>----------
>From: owner-klarinet@-----.us on behalf of Gary Hopkins
>Sent: Friday, May 02, 1997 8:50 PM
>To: klarinet@-----.us
>Subject: Re:
>
>I'm curious. How many of you clarinet playing cyber-dudes and dudettes play
>clarinets with extra keys. I had to rebuild the left hand Eb/Ab mechanism
>on a symphony player's Buffet last week, and I started thinking about the
>other insturments I've worked on with extra keys. About 15 years ago I
>worked on a Leblanc LL that had a double octave key on it. It was the first
>soprano clarinet I have seen with one of those. Occasionally, I see a
>soprano with the articualted G# key.
>
>Gary Hopkins