Klarinet Archive - Posting 000104.txt from 1998/12

From: Grant Green <gdgreen@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] The helionet
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 16:56:40 -0500

>I was just thinking. If you rigged up a canister of CO2 or SF6 to your Bb
>clarinet with a foot switch, could you instantly convert it to an A
>clarinet for tricky passages? Or conversely, add helium to your A to raise
>it to a Bb? Downside: What happens when excess gas drifts into your
>neighbor's instrument, throwing off his/her intonation? Would that be
>considered noise pollution? :-)

Not likely to be a problem: the helium isn't going to settle on the floor -
it will disperse rapidly. No, the main problem is going to be giddy
*players* drifting around... ;-)

Grant

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