Klarinet Archive - Posting 001207.txt from 2000/12

From: "Tony Wakefield" <tony-wakefield@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Eb Lever
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2000 04:53:17 -0500

I believe it`s the Leblanc Opus, not the Concerto which comes with LH Eb.
T.W.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Neil Leupold" <leupold_1@-----.com>
Subject: Re: [kl] Eb Lever

> --- 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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