Klarinet Archive - Posting 000546.txt from 1998/01

From: lanewhite@-----.com (Lane G White)
Subj: Re: Kohlert Klarinet
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 1998 08:56:13 -0500

On Sat, 10 Jan 1998 19:07:34 -0500 "Chuck Hatcher" <hatcher1@-----.net>
writes:

>OK, I have a Bb clarinet reed, and the clarinet in question, and a
>beginner
>clarinet book with a fingering chart, and a Korg AT-2 tuner...

Well, of course it's going to sound like a Bb if you have a Bb clarinet
reed (just kidding).

I didn't suggest this because I didn't know if the horn was playable.

>
>The pads are in bad shape, but when I play a middle Bb (pressing a
>little
>thingy in the front and another one in the back) - voila! The tuner
>says
>it's a G#. I think that makes it a Bb clarinet. Even though it is
>taller,
>and even though the mouthpiece is bigger around than the plastic
>clarinets.

Yep - a whole tone down. An A would sound G natural.

Mouthpieces are the same for Bb & A clarinets, but they do vary one from
another in dimensions. I guess I should have thought about the fact that
different makes would have slightly different lengths.

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