Klarinet Archive - Posting 000382.txt from 1998/08

From: "Kevin Fay (LCA)" <kevinfay@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Re: Articulated G#
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 20:28:20 -0400

Most of the alternate fingerings on clarinet result from the instrument
overblowing on the 12th and not the octave--unnecessary on saxophone. I,
too, would like it if there was a low B and/or Bb, though.

A more interesting question is the oboe. Like the saxophone, it overblows
on the octave. Why the heck is its key system so screwed up? Seems to me
that it shouldn't be any more complicated than a soprano saxophone . . .

kjf

-----Original Message-----
From: Lee Hickling [mailto:hickling@-----.Net]
Subject: Re: [kl] Re: Articulated G#

This thread got me thinking ... the articulated G# on saxophones is one of
the few clear advantages the sax has over the clarinet in terms of
mechanism. Otherwise, they are quite lacking in alternate fingerings,
compared to the Boehm system and its offspring. Am I correct in thinking
that the mechanism Adolphe Sax devised is still in use? If so, why hasn't
the sax evolved as the clarinet has?

I can't imagine how to put rings on the thing, but couldn't a few alternate
little-finger keys have been added, making those clumsy rollers
unnecessary? After all, there are plateau clarinets without open holes.
I've been looking for a good used one for some time.

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