Klarinet Archive - Posting 000012.txt from 2008/04

From: Joseph Wakeling <joseph.wakeling@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Wandering 12ths
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:38:53 -0400

Keith Bowen wrote:
> This has been solved simply by Wurlitzer on their Schmidt Reform Boehm
> clarinets, by adding an extra vent key on the bell, operated by the RH
> thumb, which you can use on low E and F. On these clarinets the tuning
> adjustment is tiny anyway so I rarely use it, but it is there.
>
> Someone like you could add this to a standard Boehm system.

It's exactly what has been done on the Tosca clarinet.

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