Klarinet Archive - Posting 000938.txt from 1997/09

From: Gary Hopkins <ghopkins@-----.net>
Subj: Re: bass clarinet
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 21:45:27 -0400

Bill, I overhauled an old Selmer bass clarinet about a year ago for a guy in
Dallas. It did not have the low Eb key. To be honest, that was the first one
I had ever seen without a low Eb. The instrument played fine, but it was
strange reaching for a key that wasn't there when play testing.

Gary

At 06:43 PM 9/19/97 -0400, you wrote:
>At 09:55 AM 9/19/97 -0400, SusiPontow wrote:
>>And, bass clarinet does have a low Eb.
>
>This is usually true. However, I just picked up an old (3-digit serial #)
>Conn bass clarinet from a school for repair which did not. It had only
>four keys instead of five for the right little finger, and thus the key on
>the bell was only an E. Variety is the spice of life, eh?
>
>
>
>Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
>451 Old Orchard Drive http://www.concentric.net/~bhausman
>Essexville, MI 48732 http://members.wbs.net/homepages/z/o/o/zoot14.html
>
>If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.
>
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