Klarinet Archive - Posting 000076.txt from 2003/01

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] buffet full-boehm clarinet
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 22:09:15 -0500

At 05:39 PM 1/5/2003 -0800, Dan Leeson wrote:
>I'm confused when you say the bottom joint is made longer by the
>articulated c#/g# mechanism because that addition should not affect the
>length of the lower joint. However, the lower joint is inherently longer
>because the instrument must descend to low E-flat. That is the critical
>path to the length.

Even without the low Eb, the lower joint of a clarinet with an articulated
C#/G# mechanism will be a bit longer than normal, since the tone hole for
that note, rather than being set artificially high on the upper joint, is
place in a better position acoustically on the lower joint (as is also done
on one-piece bodies like the Rossi). The tone hole must be cut through the
upper joint's lower tenon also. On my Selmer BT with articulated
C#/G# vs. my Series 10 without, the upper joints are very nearly the same
total length (although the tenon is longer on the BT) but the lower joint
is longer by just over the width of the tenon ring. All the difference is
actually in the tenon and socket, but it is enough to keep such an
instrument from fitting properly in a standard case.

Bill Hausmann

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