Klarinet Archive - Posting 000469.txt from 2004/01

From: "Vic Brincat" <vbrincat@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Old Buffet clarinet info
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 15:42:17 -0500

Very true. The Wrap around does not always strike the seating pod squarely
and the key itself is subject to damage or at the least, mis-alignment. Not
to mention that the spring strength is diminished as a result of the long
neck being so far away from the anchor point.

At the risk of opening a can of worms...I would volunteer that the
warp-around instruments have clearer throat notes. But of course, this is
my humble opinion.

My personal preference is the wrap-around...(yes, I am an old foggie...:-))

Vic Brincat
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>From: ormondtoby@-----.net (Ormondtoby Montoya)
>Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
>To: klarinet@-----.org
>Subject: Re: [kl] Old Buffet clarinet info
>Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 11:52:04 -0800 (PST)
>
>Erik Tkal 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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