Klarinet Archive - Posting 000463.txt from 2004/01

From: ormondtoby@-----.net (Ormondtoby Montoya)
Subj: Re: [kl] Old Buffet clarinet info
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 15:15:32 -0500

Erik=A0Tkal wrote:

> wraparound register key. I have seen horns of
> that era with both types of register keys, is
> there a reason some are made one way
> versus another?

One reason for the wraparound key was to avoid the register tube filling
with moisture, but the maintenance of a long curved key --- proper
seating of the pad --- is more difficult and uncertain.

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