Klarinet Archive - Posting 001205.txt from 2000/12

From: Neil Leupold <leupold_1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Eb Lever
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2000 00:50:53 -0500

--- Forrest Davie <mcpusc@-----.com> wrote:

> I was browsing a web site selling clarinets and they
> referred to a model as "the only student clarinet with
> an Eb lever". What does this refer to? my clarinet
> (not very good) has Eb keys. Whats the deifference?

They were likely referring to an auxiliary left-hand pinky Ab/Eb,
located between (rising immediately above) the low E/clarion B and
low F#/clarion C# keys. This extra key is offered typically only
on the higher-end models of a given maker's line of clarinets. All
bass clarinets come with this "extra" key as a standard feature.

Does anybody know why it took so long for somebody to include it on a
soprano clarinet model? Was the R-13 Prestige the first Buffet model
to include it? Was the Concerto the first for Leblanc?

-- Neil

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