Klarinet Archive - Posting 000693.txt from 2001/07

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Opus or Concerto
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 08:16:59 -0400

At 10:50 AM 7/26/2001 +0200, Dirk Kussin wrote:
>As I saw in some catalogue, the Concerto is available either with
>inline jump or with offset trill keys alternatively. The Opus only
>with the usual offset trill keys.
>
>If these inline jump keys are so advantageous, why do they not are on
>the Opus?

Beats the heck out of me! It may simply be that clarinetists, being the
hidebound traditionalists that they are, resist the "different" key
arrangement. I also personally find the keys slightly less attractive, as
they do stand away from the clarinet body a bit more, even while the
Leblanc trill key TOUCHES tend to be closer IN to the body.

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.com
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Essexville, MI 48732 ICQ UIN 4862265

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