Klarinet Archive - Posting 000381.txt from 2001/04

From: "Gordon Palmer" <gordp@-----.nz>
Subj: Re: [kl] Felines Favored fingering
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 07:20:38 -0400

For almost every clarinet on which I work, the throat Bb becomes FAR clearer
if I install a thick (water key for brass) cork pad and shape it like so:
\_/ like a few manufacturers do. The key needs to be bent slightly to
retain good opening.
This allows air to vibrate in and out of the hole without going around such
a turtuous route, hence less turbulence, hence freeer vibration of air
through the tone hole itself, i.e. good tone for Bb. I have noticed no
detrimental effects in doing this.

Gordon

----- Original Message -----
From: <HatNYC62@-----.com>
Subject: Re: [kl] Felines Favored fingering

>
> In a message dated 4/16/01 4:14:06 AM, klarinet-digest-help@-----.org
writes:
>
> << Doesn't everbody agree that the side key is a better sounding note
> if the music makes this fingering practical? Passages with faster
> tempo and shorter notes make the difference less noticeable, however. >>
>
> I do not agree. I find the side bflat an INFERIOR sounding fingering and
use
> it only for trills. Proper voicing of the throad register makes the side
> bflat unnecessary. Listen to Robert Marcellus, he never used the throat
bflat.
>
> The technical hangups caused by overuse of the side bflat are not worth
the
> trouble. My advice is to learn to voice the 'real' fingering.
>
> David Hattner, NYC
>
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