Klarinet Archive - Posting 000902.txt from 1997/10

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Looking for Bass Clarinet in A
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 11:27:47 -0400

On Wed, 22 Oct 1997, ROBERT HOWE wrote:

>
> Roger Garrett wrote: they DID make bass clarinets with two octave
> > keys: one to use through about E, and the other to go beyond. It is easy
> > to see why this system never won any prizes for ergonomic design! Modern
> > instruments make this switch automatically, freeing bass clarinet players
> > from the onerous task of growing two left thumbs.
>

Hey, hold it folks.....I did NOT write the above quote....someone has
mistakenly assigned it to me.....please....will the real author step
forward??? I never use the word "onerous".......or "ergonomic" for that
matter.....although I understand them....

Roger Garrett