Klarinet Archive - Posting 000141.txt from 2002/08

From: "James Lytthans" <lytthans@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Ricardo Morales
Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 15:07:52 -0400

The August issue of The International Musician features Ricardo Morales on
the front cover, with a nice article about his musical background and
accomplishments. If you look close at the picture you see that there are
five spatula keys for the RH little finger. The clarinet is a regular low E
Boehm, with a special mechanism for this extra key. What is this key for?

Ricardo used to play LeBlancs, but this clarinet doesn't look like one. I
can make out what looks like the regular oval Buffet emblem on the lower
joint. Hmmmm?
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Wer glücklich ist, fühlt; wer unglücklich ist, denkt.
-Joachim Fernau
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Jim Lytthans
Anaheim, CA
http://home.earthlink.net/~lytthans/index.htm
Principal Clarinet - La Mirada Symphony Orchestra
http://www.cityoflamirada.org/symphony.htm
Concertmaster and Associate Conductor
Claremont Symphonic Winds
http://www.its.caltech.edu/~dooley/csw.html

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