Klarinet Archive - Posting 000088.txt from 2009/02
From: Tony Pay <tony.p@-----.org> Subj: Re: [kl] Brahms quintet Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:22:42 -0500
On 4 Feb, Michael Nichols <mrn.clarinet@-----.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Jonathan Cohler <cohler@-----.org> wrote:
>
> > Third, it is obviously true that on any modern day clarinet that F Minor is
> > both slightly easier to finger and has better sound/intonation/resonance,
> > and the instrument IS brighter (the cutoff frequency curves of modern day
> > B-flats is noticeably higher than that for A clarinets).
>
> That's not so obvious to me. I don't know about the difference in
> sound, but modern day Oehler-system clarinets use those same
> non-forked fingerings for F# and C# in the clarion register the
> Ottensteiners did.
>
> "Moderne" Klarinetten sind nicht immer Boehmsystem.....
You're right. When I replied 'Yes' to that, I was reading 'modern' as 'Boehm
system'.
Tony
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