Klarinet Archive - Posting 000047.txt from 2004/03

From: ormondtoby@-----.net (Ormondtoby Montoya)
Subj: Re: [kl] Upper section - Clarinet
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 22:08:44 -0500

Don=A0Alfonso wrote:

> when I noticed in the upper section the thumb
> hole has the metal hole protector protruding
> into the section approx. 1/8 inch, and the Rk
> hole has a metal piece protruding into the
> section approx. 1/4 inch is this normal?

Yes, it is. The amount of "protrusion" affects the pitch created by
the hole when it is open. So do other details such as the distance
between the hole and its pad when the pad is open, also the hole's
diameter. The hole's location on the instrument's body is only part of
the story.

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