Klarinet Archive - Posting 000481.txt from 1997/09

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: A Clarinet from a Bb?
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 21:31:48 -0400

I heard about the string trick when I was a kid.....and it does work.
Problem is, it makes the sound stuffy and almost impossible to manage
(imagine that!!!).....

Roger Garrett

On Tue, 9 Sep 1997 bert.six@-----.edu wrote:

>
> If it would be a good thing, we would have heard of it before, I guess.
> It's probably some stupid thing. None of the professional players I know,
> do this, so it's not good (I guess, since you can't say things for sure
> on this list without being attacked by some person or more).
>
> > > Years ago I had a professor that told me of how he had at one time used a
> > > string to convert his Bb clarinet into an A clarinet. If I remember
> > > correctly he said it was connected between the mouthpiece and the barrel and
> > > hung down the center of the bore of the clarinet thus lowering the pitch a
> > > half-step. I have yet to try this, but I was wondering if any of you more
> > > mature (old foggie) clarinettists have heard of or done such a thing?
> > >
> > > Gary
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
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