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E/B woe

Author: Bill
Date: 2003-06-25 20:50

I have an old (but freshly overhauled) Selmer Bb that has been to the repairman twice but still has a problem with E/B.

I cannot play low E/clarion B using a particular fingering I have come to depend on, in which the RH pinky is NOT depressing any key (i.e., is held aloft). The only way I can make the E/B tone sound is to make sure my RH pinky is depressing the "C" pinky key. On a couple of my other clarinets, E/B played using this fingering is temperamental, but it sounds (on most, it is effortless). On this Selmer, the tone can only be sounded with great (unmusical) effort (really pushing down with my LH pinkie on the long E/B key). E is easier than B when doing this.

Does this makes sense to anyone? Any guesses as to what the problem is? The repairman is super-competent. Does this fingering just "not work" on some instruments?

Bill
Washington, DC

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