Klarinet Archive - Posting 000745.txt from 1997/10

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: Throat tones and side Bb
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 11:31:40 -0400

Basses with one register hole, such as my own Noblet, have a B flat
mechanism something like this; Reform-Boehm soprano instruments have
something of the same kind too, I think. There have been some previous
messages
on the Mazzeo mechanism, of which I have no first-hand knowledge at all;
this is based on a quite different idea.
*The author of "The art of clarinetistry", whose name I forget, also
devised an improved B flat mechanism, and it got manufactured to a limited
extent.
Roger Shilcock
* LOTS of readers must know who I mean....

On Fri, 17 Oct 1997, Lorne G. Buick wrote:

> Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 10:06:43 -0330
> From: "Lorne G. Buick" <lgbuick@-----.net>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.us
> To: klarinet@-----.us
> Subject: Re: Throat tones and side Bb
>
> > Gary VanCott=NHIN
> > 10/16/97 07:28 PM
> > I believe the Rossi clarinet has a Bb mechanism similar to a bass clarinet,
> > to solve this problem.
> >
>
> Sort of - the Rossi mechanism is much simpler (at least compared to my
> Selmer bass) because it's not connected to the r.h. keys; on the bass the
> two keys open as register vents for different notes. On the Rossi the extra
> vent is only linked to the throat Ab key, so it only opens for throat Bb.
> Works great btw, and the intonation is better than any other clarinet I've
> had a chance to play.
>
> Re side Bb, having large and (I guess) relatively flexible hands, when I
> played Buffet and B&H clarinets I used to use the side Bb as often as
> possible. I can reach it by rocking my right hand with all four fingers
> down on the keys, so I can (eg) use the side key as a register vent for B
> or C when I want a really low one (for a third of G or Ab triad).
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> LGB Lorne G Buick St. John's
> lgbuick@-----.net Newfoundland
> Canada
>
>
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