Klarinet Archive - Posting 000282.txt from 1997/11

From: ROBERT HOWE <arehow@-----.net>
Subj: Re: Leblanc Throat mechanism
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 1997 23:14:38 -0500

Roger Garrett wrote:
>
> My throat Bb sounds as good as any other note on the horn....I just use
> the appropriate color fingering and voice the note correctly.

If the horn was built right, you would not have spent years learning how
to make that Bb sound as good as any other note on the horn. You would
just put down two fingers and there it would be!! My own R13 has a
tolerable Bb, but it would be much much better without that damn tube in
the bore, or if it were vented in the right location, all of which is a
nickle and dime mechanical fix.

Compromises *oui*, ridiculously out of color, out of strength notes
*non*.

Regards, Robert