Klarinet Archive - Posting 000583.txt from 2004/01

From: Richard Bush <rbushidioglot@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Mazzeo clarinet (was, mouthpiece facing question)
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 23:25:07 -0500

Well, I got half of it down. There's another article that goes along
with web page below. It is:
www.woodwind.org/clarinet/Equipment/index.html
Ken Shaw and myself talk about it there.

RB

On Saturday, January 17, 2004, at 09:16 PM, Richard Bush wrote:

> The subject of different Bb/register vent mechanisms comes up time and
> time again. In an effort to totally confuse you, I ask you to go to
> the following and read it all very carefully, including the addendum I
> contributed to it:
> www.woodwind.org/clarinet/Equipment/SK.jpg
>
> RB
>
> On Saturday, January 17, 2004, at 09:09 PM, Sue Raycraft wrote:
>
>> Another interesting thing I just noticed about the clarinet...
>> actually I noticed it before, but now I am thinking it was done
>> intentionally...the sliver key on the lower joint is only about half
>> the length of a "normal" one....at first I thought it had broken off
>> some time in the past and someone had filed it smooth, but now
>> I wonder if it was done purposely. It has obviously been filed on
>> the end, it was not made that way to begin with.
>> Sue
>>
>>
>>> After looking at the photos Sue sent me, plus going to ebay and
>>> looking
>>> at the photos there, I do think this IS indeed an old Buffet. The
>>> wrap
>>> around Bb/register key, by itself, dates the instrument to fairly
>>> early
>>> in the 20th Century. The jump key key guard is also an old Buffet
>>> style.
>>
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