Klarinet Archive - Posting 000747.txt from 1998/02

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: ADOLPHE SAX
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 04:09:43 -0500

Interesting stuff!
Est-ce qu'on a traduit ce livre en anglais?
Roger Shilcock (who would rather like any money for such translations
which might be available....)

On Thu, 19 Feb 1998, avrahm galper wrote:

> Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 20:39:05 -0500
> From: avrahm galper <agalper@-----.com>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.us
> To: klarinet@-----.us
> Subject: ADOLPHE SAX
>
> Adolphe Sax
>
> The son of an instrument maker, Adolphe was also skilled clarinet player
> who had the boldness to carry out his ideas of improving the clarinet.
> He extended the range down to written D thus hoping to secure purer Bb
> and A (throat).
> With an additional speaker key, he was able to provide easier emission
> and greater facility as far as high C'''' and even D and E beyond.
>
> Fortunately, in the book about Adolphe Sax that I have (in French which
> I don't read) there are some pictures of the clarinets he made. But the
> pictures ( not so clear), must have been taken from a catalogue of those
> days.
> However, one can see the extra speaker key.
>