Klarinet Archive - Posting 001054.txt from 2003/04

From: "Dee D. Flint" <deehays@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] a clarinet (!) question
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 00:46:30 -0400

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Hausmann" <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subject: Re: [kl] a clarinet (!) question

> 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?

It might have also been a strength issue. On those instruments with wrap
around register keys, a fair percentage seem to have been broken.

Dee

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