Klarinet Archive - Posting 001038.txt from 2003/04

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] a clarinet (!) question
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 00:46:14 -0400

At 12:17 PM 4/22/2003 -0700, Russell Harlow wrote:
>Curious-----I found the question is really - Why did they use the Wrap
>Around Octave Key? I have a 1907 Bb with a W-A-O-K and a 1902 A that has the
>key in the back. I've been meaning to ask what they felt the advantage was
>since they were making both at the same time. Also have a 1923 with a
>W-A-O-K. somewhere mid-to-late 20s they went strictly to the back.

Placing the register key on top keeps it out of the moisture path. The
long register key tube is not required. My Carl Fischer A clarinet with
WAOK has a pretty decent-sounding throat Bb. One potential downside is
that it is relatively easy to bend the key out of alignment. Maybe that is
why they switched?

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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