Klarinet Archive - Posting 000724.txt from 2000/05

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Eb on bell
Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 08:29:42 -0400

Dan L.,
Surely an instrument built to low E flat and one built to low E should
have
all their holes in slightly different places?
Roger S.

On Sat, 13 May 2000, Daniel Leeson wrote:

> Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 12:31:06 -0700
> From: Daniel Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] Eb on bell
>
> The lowest tone of a clarinet is created by having the air column exit
> the instrument out of the bell. Thus, on a standard clarinet, fingering
> low e creates the lowest tone by virtue of the fact that depressing the
> e key closes the lowest hole on the instrument and the air column that
> is created is the longest.
>
> To get a low E-flat, the instrument must be longer and you need an extra
> hole somewhere below the hole that is closed when low e is fingered. On
> a soprano clarinet that plays a low e-flat, that extra hole (and pad to
> close it so that the air goes out the bell) is on the body of the
> instrument which has been made longer to accomodate the hole.
>
> On some bass clarinets, that extra length is accomplished by putting the
> e-flat hole (and pad to close it) on the bell. On a bass clarinet that
> extends to low c, the holes for e, e-flat, d, and d-flat are on the body
> of the instrument and the hole which when closed gives the lowest tone
> or low c is on the bell.
>
> In the case of the instrument you speak of, the manufacturer had two
> choices. Extend the wood long enough to put the hole for the e-flat on
> the body of the horn or else to put it on the bell. It makes better
> financcial sense to put it on the bell because that way he uses the same
> body for a bass clarinet that goes down to low e as for one that goes
> down to low e-flat; i.e., its a little more keywork and a different bell
> rather than a different body.
>
> William Wright wrote:
> >
> > Several auctions have described a bass clarinet as having "Eb on
> > the bell". I assume this means that the keywork extends to the bell
> > with a bridge of some sort. Are all bass clarinets built this way?
> > And a related question: does a bass clarinet change into some other
> > standard instrument if you replace the neck with a simple barrel and the
> > curved bell with an 'ordinary' bell.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Bill
> >
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