Klarinet Archive - Posting 000985.txt from 1998/08

From: "Dee Hays" <deerich@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: klarinet Digest 28 Aug 1998 08:15:03 -0000 Issue 432
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 21:10:08 -0400

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From: Paulette W. Gulakowski <pollyg@-----.com>
Date: Monday, August 31, 1998 7:32 PM
Subject: [kl] Re: klarinet Digest 28 Aug 1998 08:15:03 -0000 Issue 432

>P: Help me out here, please. Just which one is the "bridge key"?
>Thanks!
>Paulette

The term "bridge key" is really a misnomer as it is not a key at all. It is
the part of the metal on the upper joint that rests on part of the metal of
the lower joint. When you press the ring keys on the lower joint, this
overlap of the metal causes one of the pads on the upper joint so that you
can play the Eb/Bb using the first finger of the left hand plus the first
finger of the right hand.

When you assemble the clarinet, it is the reason that you have to press down
on one of the ring keys on the upper joint. You have to raise this bridge
so that it will rest on the matching piece and not get bent during assembly.

Dee Hays
Canton, SD

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