Klarinet Archive - Posting 000081.txt from 2005/06

From: kurtheisig@-----.net
Subj: RE: [kl] Re: Bb versus C Clarinet?
Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2005 04:59:36 -0400


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.

--
Tim Roberts, timr@-----.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

Tim

Sax designed 2 sets of saxes---the orchestral ones were in C and F

Kurt Heisig

Maker of the Heisig Saxophones
(831) 425-5658

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