Klarinet Archive - Posting 000793.txt from 2001/02

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Plateau-keyed clarinets
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 17:53:24 -0500

At 07:11 AM 2/21/2001 +1100, redcedar wrote:
>I am hopeful that someone on the List may have an answer to my questions.
>
>1. Could plateau keys be fitted to all the open holes on a Bb Buffet RC
>clarinet without impairing the acoustic qualities of the instrument?
>
>2. Is such a Bb clarinet commercially available in the Buffet range, or
>another brand line?
>
>I've searched the archives without finding the answers to the above.

I don't think retrofitting will work, or at least not without almost
completely re-keying. Plateau key clarinets are available from Leblanc in
the Noblet line. I can't remember if they have higher-model ones, but it
is possible.

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.com
451 Old Orchard Drive http://homepages.go.com/~zoot14/zoot14.html
Essexville, MI 48732 ICQ UIN 4862265

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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