Klarinet Archive - Posting 000192.txt from 2002/11

From: b5w@-----.net (William Wright)
Subj: RE: [kl] Why Bb? (was: reverse Mozart)
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 12:20:21 -0500

<><> Nancy Buckman wrote:
it seems easier (to me, at least) to play the Bb instrument than any of
the other clarinets.

Someone (Gary Van Cott?) has pointed out that in order to keep
mouthpieces interchangeable between Bb and A, the available bore sizes
are restrained as well. Yet the lengths are different, and therefore
length/bore ratio is different as well. Presumably this has an effect?

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