Klarinet Archive - Posting 000379.txt from 2000/08

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Opposite register vent
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 09:56:39 -0400

Could the "mostly Boehm" instrument have been a Clinton-Boehm? The
description seems to fit this model - though probably others as well.
Roger S.

On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, Keith wrote:

> Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 07:49:26 -0600
> From: Keith <100012.1302@-----.com>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: [kl] Opposite register vent
>
> Bill,
>
> I played one of these (simple or Albert system) for a few years. Works fine,
> and I never saw one broken (my school had lots). But when I changed to
> Boehm, I did prefer the register key - it does seem to have a slicker
> opening. (Other aspects I liked less - the high C (thumb + register) is not
> nearly such a good note on the Boehm).
>
> I have a few early clarinets, and the ones before 1890 have the register key
> on the underside. I suspect the wrap-round version may have been invented by
> Albert himself. It is present on those I have seen by the Albert founder,
> made for Lazarus, and on one that I have around 1890 - 1900 by Jacques
> Albert, a "renegade" son who split from Dad's business.
>
> Keith Bowen
>
>
> > Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 16:30:38 -0700 (PDT)
> > To: klarinet@-----.org
> > From: Bilwright@-----.net (William Wright)
> > Subject: Opposite register vent
> > Message-ID: <2231-3998811E-9655@-----.net>
> >
> > Today a clarinetist/technician showed me his collection of vintage
> > instruments, some of them going back to the mid-1800's. One of them (I
> > don't remember the date) was mostly Boehm, but it had the register vent
> > on top of the joint instead of below, and then a key twisted around to
> > the bottom of the joint, near to the thumb hole.
> > My friend told me that this makes more sense because water doesn't
> > accumulate in the register vent if it's on top. When the vent is on the
> > bottom, then you need to add a tube inside the joint in order to divert
> > water, and this tube contributes to the alto and altissimo intonation
> > and tone color probelms.
> > I asked him why clarinet manufacturers abandoned this, and he said
> > that he didn't know the reason, except perhaps that the keywork was too
> > complicated. But it looked fairly simple to me. It's just that the
> > pivot rod for the key was 90 degrees to the normal position.
> >
> > So I'm curious: Is there more to the story than what I've
> > recounted?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Bill
> >
>
>
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