Klarinet Archive - Posting 000696.txt from 1999/10

From: "Dee D. Hays" <deehays@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Mouthpieces and Tuning
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 20:50:12 -0400

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From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subject: RE: [kl] Mouthpieces and Tuning

> ... 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?

Here's some sheer speculation on my part. 1) The wrap around probably costs
a little more to make and in a competitive market, you need to save even
pennies in the manufacturing cost. 2) In looking at the two old Albert
system horns that I have that have the wraparound key (one of which has a
broken register key), it looks like it might have not have been as strong
and perhaps broke more often than the straight variety.

Dee Hays
Canton, SD

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