Klarinet Archive - Posting 000420.txt from 1999/09

From: Noelette Stout <clarinets@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Re: [[kl] Low Eb Key]
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 18:53:07 -0400

I happen to be the proud owner of one such Selmer Paris Series 9 Full-Boe=
hm
clarinet. It is pitched in B-flat. As far as I know, the Full-Boehm model=
s
have been widely used in Spain and Brazil, as well as portions of France =
and
Italy. I do not believe it was ever intended to replace an A clarinet, as=
I
have also heard of Full-Boehm A's.

Noelette Stout

Don Mayer <dmayer@-----.net> wrote:
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 th=
e
presence of this key that the clarinet is pitched in Bb?

Your comments are appreciated and invited.

Regards,

Don Mayer

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