Klarinet Archive - Posting 000600.txt from 2002/07

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] strange keywork
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 03:40:21 -0400

That 3rd LH finger ring sounds like a vast improvement on the currently
standard bare hole. SUrely, it ought to be on *all* "Boehm" clarinets?
Roger S.

In message <3D3B0DDD.8020501@-----.org writes:

> Another question about Albert clarinets. On mine (and I believe almost
> all Alberts), there is a touchpad tangentially attached to the top ring
> key just below it which looks essentially the same as the one on the
> next-lower ring key of a modern saxophone (if I recall correctly), and
> which on the sax is used to do a one-handed Bb (my sax days are long
> behind me, but if you play sax, you know what I mean). The trouble is,
> I can't figure out why it's there on the Albert clarinet, and of the
> three fingering charts I have, none gives a use for it, though all show
> it on the diagram. Anyone have any clues?
> Also along these lines, I have a 1914 Buffet A Boehm clarinet that has a
> very unusual 3rd-finger left hand key (C/G): it has a padded ring, i.e.
> like on an open-hole flute. I've never seen this on any other clarinet
> (not that I'm very experienced), and I'm wondering why it's there at
> all. It even has an adjustment screw. Any insights into this type of
> keywork would also be appreciated.
>
> These older instruments are really fascinating, and make me want to take
> a closer look at some that are REALLY old.
>
> Bill Edinger
>
> --
> Music and wine are one.
>
> - Ralph Waldo Emerson
>
>
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