Klarinet Archive - Posting 001049.txt from 1999/12

From: alevin@-----. Levin)
Subj: Re: [kl] RC Prestige diff C#/G# key
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 14:09:13 -0500

The idea behind the low Eb/Bb key is/was to permit the Bb horn player to
play A horn music without changing instruments. On "french" style horns it
is stuffy. On "german" style horns (like the Schmidt) it isn't a problem.
They have an additional tuning hole in the bell.

A. Levin

At 09:12 PM 12/29/99 -0600, you wrote:
>The key you describe (an articulated C#/G#) with the tone hole through the
>tenon, a ring covering the ring finger, left hand, and an extra key between
>the first and second finger of the right hand is one of a group of
>"advanced" extras available on professional level horns. (Also available
>is a left little finger G#/Eb key and a low Eb/Bb key at the bottom of the
>horn.)
>
>When I bought my Selmer-Paris Series 9* set (in 1961), the art. C#/G# and
>alt. G#/Eb keys added about $150 to the cost of a set, Bb & A, bringing the
>cost to just over $1200! I opted for the C#/G# key, particularly, because
>I've always had a weak left little finger, and my C-C# and G-G# trills
>sound like mush. On the other hand, being able to trill with the index
>finger, right hand, works out very nice. I also had the left hand G#/Eb
>key, to prevent having to work around that fingering. I didn't opt for the
>low Eb/Bb key, because I left it made the horn play stuffy.
>
>I'm **assuming** that this option is available on other pro line horns, and
>that what you have was probably a special order at some point.
>
>Jim Hobby
>
>----------------------
>
>>From: David S. Naden <dnaden@-----.edu>
>
>>Check the model of the instrument again. I have been playing on RC
>>Prestige instruments since 1985, and have a friend from Taiwan who plays
>on RC
>>Prestige instruments, and neither set has that key configuaration.
>>
>>David S. Naden, MMus
>>Cal State University Los Angeles
>>------------
>>hi,
>>I think its a Prestige RC model (based on the metal tab on the upper joint).
>>mabbe the key configuration is an additional Factory option for that
>>particular prestige.
>
>>Sean :)
>
>
>
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