Klarinet Archive - Posting 000167.txt from 2002/04

From: "Avrahm Galper" <agalper@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Just for curiosity's sake....
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 00:17:18 -0500

Hi, I think that S-K stands for Stubbins-Kaspar AG.
----- Original Message -----
From: Klumpes, Ron <Ron.Klumpes@-----.com>
Subject: RE: [kl] Just for curiosity's sake....

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

<snip>

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

<snip>

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.

---------------------------------------------------------------------

---------------------------------------------------------------------