Klarinet Archive - Posting 000406.txt from 1999/09

From: Don Mayer <dmayer@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Low Eb Key
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 02:08:32 -0400

I would appreciate comments from the group on this. I have seen pictures of
a soprano clarinet with a low Eb key. I have always presumed that this
option was intended to allow a clarinettist playing a Bb instrument to
transpose parts written for an A clarinet, and which would therefore
require a low Eb to play a written E.

Is this perception correct? Putting it another way, can I presume from the
presence of this key that the clarinet is pitched in Bb?

Your comments are appreciated and invited.

Regards,

Don Mayer

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