Klarinet Archive - Posting 000174.txt from 2002/04

From: CBA <clarinet10001@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Another type of slide
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 00:17:25 -0500

Jim,

Maybe *I* am missing something. You were talking about
an articulated G#/C#, right? I was talking about an
extra lever for the right hand to access the G#/C# key
mechanism in addition to the left hand lever that is
standard. Are we talking about the same thing? I'd be
really interested, as I haven't seen this dual
mechanism on the clarinet, but only on oboe and
english horn. The articulated G# I am familiar with on
clarinet is like the saxophone mechanism to close the
G#/C# key while the right hand fingers are down, even
if you are holding the G# lever down.

Tell me if I'm off...and if I am, I'd LOVE to see your
clarinets sometime!

Kelly Abraham
Woodwinds - New York City
--- Jim Hobby <jhobby@-----.net> wrote:
> 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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