Klarinet Archive - Posting 000171.txt from 2002/04

From: GrabnerWG@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Just for curiosity's sake....
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 00:17:22 -0500

In a message dated Wed, 3 Apr 2002 7:40:47 PM Eastern Standard Time, Ron.Klumpes@-----.com writes:
Robyn asks:

<< 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>>

S.K. stands for Stubbins-Kaspar. Frank L. Kaspar lived in Ann Arbor for many years and collaborated with Stubbins on the design of this mechanism.

Walter Grabner
www.clarinetXpress.com

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