Klarinet Archive - Posting 000164.txt from 2002/04

From: "Klumpes, Ron" <Ron.Klumpes@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Just for curiosity's sake....
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 19:39:26 -0500

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robyn Brown [mailto:rjbrown@-----.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, 4 April 2002 06:47

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> In the book I'm currently reading,=20
> "Clarinet" by Jack Brymer, he makes mention of a clarinet designed by=20
> William Stubbins that used an "S.K. mechanism" to improve the=20
> quality of the throat Bb. =20
>

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S.K. - does that stand for Speaker Key? Stubbins Key-something? Or maybe =
for Schmidt-Kolbe? After all, the latter system has a B-flat improvement =
mechanism; it is a vent key, which is only operated when both the A-key =
and the speaker key are activated.

/Ron Klumpes,
Alice Springs, Oz.

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