Klarinet Archive - Posting 001001.txt from 1998/08

From: pollyg@-----. Gulakowski)
Subj: [kl] Re: klarinet Digest 28 Aug 1998 08:15:03 -0000 Issue 432
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 22:49:01 -0400

P: Thanks. I recognize your description of the mechanism, had not heard
the term. Now I understand why an adjusting screw might be a good idea.
Paulette

On Mon, 31 Aug 1998 20:10:08 -0500 "Dee Hays" <deerich@-----.net>
writes:
>
>-----Original Message-----
>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
>
>
>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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