Klarinet Archive - Posting 000013.txt from 2008/04

From: "Keith Bowen" <bowenk@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Wandering 12ths
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:45:34 -0400

Ah, I didn't know that. Thanks, Joseph.

keith

-----Original Message-----
From: klarinet-return-93166-bowenk=compuserve.com@-----.org
[mailto:klarinet-return-93166-bowenk=compuserve.com@-----.org] On Behalf
Of Joseph Wakeling
Sent: 02 April 2008 12:39
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: Re: [kl] Wandering 12ths

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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