Klarinet Archive - Posting 000339.txt from 2002/12

From: Daniel Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Basset Horns
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 13:09:00 -0500

But there is no generally accepted key arrangement for basset horn pinky
and thumb keys. So no graphic exists for any or all of the exisiting
mechanisms.

James Hobby wrote:
> Is there a graphic posted somewhere that shows the key arrangement on the
> basset horns? I can't seem to wrap my mind around the whole picture.
> (Sounds rather like the bassoon, which I always claimed I didn't have enough
> thumbs for. <g>)
>
> Jim Hobby
>
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>>From: Daniel Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
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>
>>I have three thumb keys on my Fox model, D, D-flat, and C, and out of
>>which I can't get much technique. I also have a low D in the left
>>pinky, but were I to do it again, I would probably have suggested the D
>>in the right pinky and a second low C in left pinky.
>
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