Klarinet Archive - Posting 000628.txt from 1999/06

From: Gary@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Kohlert clarinets
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 00:28:46 -0400

Just find another professional bass clarinet to look at and you will see
how the dual speaker key works (it is similar to a saxophone). As you
probably know, the location of the speaker key is a compromise. On many
soprano clarinets the long (clarion B) is not a great note because the key
isn't in the optimum location.

On professional bass clarinets there are usually two alternate openings
with the lower one used for the long B through C#. It is usually
connected to the throat Bb also and improves the sound of that note.

The drawback is that there are more things to go out of adjustment.

Gary
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