Klarinet Archive - Posting 000695.txt from 1999/10

From: "Kevin Fay (LCA)" <kevinfay@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Mouthpieces and Tuning
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 20:19:01 -0400

Bill asked:

<<<Maybe the lack of a register tube, due to the wrap-around register key,
helps the intonation? But if so, why did that feature die out?>>>

Dunno. Again, I share in the observation -- I've played some ancient
Buffets w/ the wrap-around key in both C and A; I thought the wrap-around
did a better job as being both the speaker vent and the Bb hole than the
modern tubular solution.

The wrap-around key typically didn't touch the wood of the clarinet--there
was usually a little metal bubble that protruded from the instrument. Much
like Abe Galper's improved model, I think.

kjf

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