Klarinet Archive - Posting 001231.txt from 2000/12

From: "Dee D. Hays" <deehays@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Articulated C#/G# (was Eb Lever)
Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2000 18:27:58 -0500

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From: "Ian Black" <clarinet1@-----.uk>
Subject: Re: [kl] Eb Lever

> > The lever has been an option on top-of-the-line models practically
forever,
> > though you usually had to order the 7th ring for the left hand ring
finger
> > (and maybe the articulated C#/G#) to get it.
>
> What is the articulated C#/G# key? I've seen it referred many times, but
know not what it is. I had
> thought it was a Bass clarinet thing, but this now makes me not so sure...
What models have it as
> standard? Mine are both standard Boehm 17K, 6R instruments.

Again it was an optional, special order configuration and wasn't really
standard on any typical model, although I believe the Leblanc Pete Fountain
model includes it as standard. It is a linkage in the C#/G# key that allows
for an easier (clarion) F# to G# trill. What it does is hold the G# key
closed when playing F# but allows the G# to be open when the fingers of the
right hand are all off the rings. Similarly it makes for an easier
(chalumeau) B to C# trill. As part of this option, the pad for C#/G# is
located in the tenon joint, resulting in a better, less stuffy C#/G#.

It has a potentially significant drawback though. The altissimo "long F,"
played with thumb, register key, six fingers, and G# key no longer works as
having the right hand fingers down closes the G# key. On many clarinets,
the "long F" is the clearest, most in-tune fingering for this note.

Dee Hays
Michigan

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