Klarinet Archive - Posting 000548.txt from 2001/06

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Rossi vs R13 - "e flat" key for d'''
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 03:48:30 -0400

... And some need the eflat key for playing in tune with flutes.
Roger S.

In message <002101c0f860$45192ac0$9ed628cf@-----.org writes:
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Tski1128@-----.com>
> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 2:53 PM
> Subject: Re: [kl] Rossi vs R13
>
>
> > Having played the Rossi clarinet for over a yr. now I feel relatively
> > qualified to make a few comments on it. It is not an R-13, many of the
> > fingerings that we call "normal" are really R-13 fingerings, I don't use
> the
> > sliver key for high f, or the eb key on the high D
>
> Not so. This variation in fingerings is shown in the original fingering
> chart for the complete Klose method, which was originally published in the
> 1800s, long before there ever was an R-13. So they can hardly be "R-13"
> fingerings. The chart states that some instruments will need the Eb key for
> notes like high D and others will not.
>
> Dee Hays
> Michigan.
>
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