Klarinet Archive - Posting 000842.txt from 1998/05

From: "Steven J Goldman, MD" <gpsc@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] kl] Re: A new concept in orchestral clarinets
Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 22:25:34 -0400

I think it does hold up. While the basic fingerings have been around well
over a century, flautists and oboe players gravitated to them pretty early
on (with the exception of a few German schools), while the "Boehm" type
system for the clarinet has been the undisputed standard for less than 75
years.

I'm not slamming clarinetists, just saying that we tend to be a bit more
conservative than some other instrumentalists - not necessarily a bad thing.

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
>To: klarinet <klarinet@-----.org>
>Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 3:52
>Subject: Re: [kl] Fw: [kl] Re: A new concept in orchestral clarinets
>
>
>>I don't think this proposition stands up. After all, the basic fingerings
>>now most widely used on oboe, flute and clarinet are now *all* well over a
>>century old.
>>Roger Shilcock

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