Klarinet Archive - Posting 000139.txt from 2008/09

From: Joseph Wakeling <joseph.wakeling@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Post on clarinets
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:53:29 -0400

Johchance1@-----.com wrote:
> Also, is the Targotato considered a clarinet or saxophone.

Well, the accurate answer is 'neither' -- it's a distinct instrument in
its own right. :-P

The (hopefully) helpful answer is that it uses a clarinet-like
mouthpiece but is acoustically closer to the saxophone -- having a
flared rather than cylindrical bore (and so overblowing at the octave),
and using a saxophone-like fingering system.

See: http://www.sfoxclarinets.com/Tarogatoart.html

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