Klarinet Archive - Posting 000422.txt from 1998/08

From: Grant Green <gdgreen@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Articulated G#
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 22:01:04 -0400

At 10:01 AM 8/14/98 -0400, you wrote:
>High G? I've seen high F# keys (I'm considering a beautiful Yamaha
>YAS62 alto right now with F#) but never high G. Where is the tone
>hole for this note? The high F# tone hole is almost at the top of
>the main tube - just below the neck.

The new Selmer MkIII soprano has high F# and G keys. Yes, the tone hole is
way up there...

>I'd like to see the tenor extended to low A (as most Bari's are now).
There's always the "foot in the bell" trick...

>I'd also like to see a LH Bb sliver key similar to the one on
>the clarinet upper joint.
Personally, I find the Bb bis key more convenient: can't think of an
occasion when I'd prefer a sliver key over the bis (or the fork) fingerings.

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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?

Easier to trill with RH1 or RH2, than LH4?

Enjoy!

Grant

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