Klarinet Archive - Posting 000669.txt from 2000/02

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Signature and series 10
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 19:11:26 -0500

At 01:15 PM 2/16/2000 +0000, Roger Shilcock wrote:
>Presumably, the middle B flat mechanism *has* to be revised for bass
>clarinet
>models with 2 speaker keys.
>Maybe those with single speakers have the hole in a highly unfavourable
>position for producing a B flat. Has anyone tried to find out?
>(No --- i can't afford to risk wrecking my own instrument.....).
>Roger S.
>
Apparently, it was found that bass clarinets NEEDED the second speaker key
to play properly, the larger size magnifying the problems of the single
speaker key. Fortunately for us, smart people eventually learned how to
make mechanisms that automatically engage the appropriate key when
necessary, instead of having two separate thumb touchpieces like some early
bass clarinets have. But for some reason, attempts to employ the same
devices on soprano clarinets have met with very limited (market) success.
I guess most people don't consider the throat Bb to be broken enough to
need the fix.

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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