Klarinet Archive - Posting 000142.txt from 2008/05

From: Ed Wojtowicz <ewoj@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] My Eb extension
Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 18:52:51 -0400

There is a picture of one of these on ebay for those who have never
seen one

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?
ViewItem&Item=320255306780&Category=10182&_trksid=p3907.m29

Ed

On May 22, 2008, at 6:07 PM, Clark W Fobes wrote:

> Hello friends,
>
> I was just in NYC for a short visit and VACATION , but I was
> coerced by several good friends to bring along some mouthpieces and
> equipment to try.
>
> John Moses, whom I met at Aspen in 1974! has been using my Eb
> extension for about a year and posted this very nice note on the
> clarinet BB:
>
> http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/read.html?
> f=1&i=273810&t=273810
>
> Since the post I have had several inquiries about this
> extension. I suppose I should post a picture on my website.
>
> The extension does NOT extend the range of the clarinet. It adds
> (between the bell and the end of the clarinet) an extra tone hole
> from which the E/B emanates. Because the E/B is produced form a
> tone hole rather than the bell the twelfth is reduced and the tone
> is more like the other bell tones. The extension greatly equalizes
> the resistance between the clarion register and the throat tones.
> The additional length dampens some of the extreme over tones of the
> instrument so that (IMO) the overall sound of the Eb is warmer and
> more appealing. A further happy circumstance of the additional
> length is that the overall resistance of the instrument is much
> more even and the altissimo register is MUCH more stable.
>
> My extension fits most "Brand" name instruments. Older Selmer Eb
> clarinets and some Yamaha Ebs have slightly larger bell tenons than
> the Buffet, but I can make extensions for those as well.
>
> Clark
>
> Clark W Fobes - Clarinet & Saxophone products
> www.clarkwfobes.com
>
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