Klarinet Archive - Posting 000987.txt from 1998/08

From: "F. Sheim" <fsheim@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: klarinet Digest 28 Aug 1998 08:15:03 -0000 Issue
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 21:12:34 -0400

Point of interest- older R-13's don't jam even if you dont raise the upper
section of the bridge- its tapered on the ends to accept the lower piece.

Fred (fsheim@-----.com)

At 08:10 PM 8/31/98 -0500, you wrote:
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>From: Paulette W. Gulakowski <pollyg@-----.com>
>To: klarinet@-----.org>
>Date: Monday, August 31, 1998 7:32 PM
>Subject: [kl] Re: klarinet Digest 28 Aug 1998 08:15:03 -0000 Issue 432
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>>P: Help me out here, please. Just which one is the "bridge key"?
>>Thanks!
>>Paulette
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>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.
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>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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