Klarinet Archive - Posting 000035.txt from 2005/06

From: Joseph Wakeling <joseph.wakeling@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Bb versus C Clarinet?
Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 19:16:49 -0400

Tim Roberts wrote:

> Consider the saxophone as a counterexample. Developed a century and a
> half later, it came out of the starting blocks with better
> manufacturing processes. Because of that, we find saxophones keyed in
> rather large steps: soprano Bb, alto Eb, tenor Bb, baritone Eb, bass
> Bb. Smaller increments were not necessary, just as smaller increments
> were not *necessary* in the clarinets of that day. But by that time,
> it was too late.

Still, there are quite a few unusual-pitched saxophones about.

The saxophone is also different, like the oboe and flute, because it
overblows at the octave, so it needs a less complex key mechanism.

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