Klarinet Archive - Posting 000405.txt from 1998/08

From: ROBERT ABRAHAM <rkabear@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Sax G# on right hand
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 15:21:05 -0400

Does your Conn have an articulated G#? If so, does the right hand pads close the G# even with the alternate G# key down? If you have *NO* articulated G#, or the alternative G# doesn't close with the right hand pads down, then the key you are referring to (if I am understanding the placement of the key) is to allow the user to play G# and then go to lower notes (or a low C# *with* the register key, for that matter for a fuller C# in the staff) without sliding on the roller keys (which a lot of older saxophones didn't have, or the rollers were not the best.) This would also allow for tremolos from G# to the lower notes.

If you *have* and articulated G# and the alternate G# closes with the right hand pads, the I would say the G# key on the right hand would be for easier trills from the G# to A, Bb, and B.

Kelly Abraham
Woodwinds/Computer Geek
New York City

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One more thing:
I play a 1937 Conn 10M tenor. It has a key between the RH 1st and
2nd fingers. As far as I can tell, it's an alternate G# key but I
haven't discovered why I would ever want to use it. Any insight?
(I know this is a clarinet list but you guys seem to be more helpful
- and more active - than the sax list).

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