Klarinet Archive - Posting 000152.txt from 2002/04

From: "Jim Hobby" <jhobby@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Another type of slide
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 15:11:38 -0500

The additional keys weren't a "normal" option in the US when I got my set in
the late sixties, but it could be done, without too much trouble.
Arrangements were made with Selmer Paris to build the set with my key
specifications.

And I may be missing something, here. I don't understand why we're talking
about making oboesque keys to add to a clarinet when those specific keys are
available for a clarinet. (Not talking about the rollers.) If I missed the
point of the original question, I'm sorry. (And I don't know if it's
possible to add them to an already existing instrument. The C#/G# has the
tone hole in a different place; i.e., through the tennon joint, itself.)

Jim Hobby

<From: CBA <clarinet10001@-----.com>

>The long Bb/Eb mentioned is the note a half step below
>the end of the chromatic scale most modern clarinets
>have. The addition of this key to the fingering system
>is called "Full Boehm" which sometimes includes the
>articulated G#/C# and sometimes includes the fork
>Bb/Eb, both of which are NOT standard on most french
>clarinets.

[snip]

>Different companies make this added key on a number of
>their models. Makers that come to mind are Wurlitzer,
>Patricola, Rossi in present times, and other companies
>in the past. I don't think Selmer offers it as an
>option anymore here in the US, but may in Europe, as
>might Buffet, LeBlanc, and Yamaha to Europe. I'm sure
>a clarinet manufacturer, like Steve Fox would be up
>for making a full boehm system clarinet, since he does
>custom work, and does make basset clarinets down to
>low C.

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