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Rollers on Bb/A soprano clarinets

Author: idahofats
Date: 2004-07-11 15:17

I've been wondering for a while about the lack of roller-keys in the lower-joint spatula key clusters of American/French soprano clarinets. (I couldn't find a previous thread on the subject using "roller" as a search term.) German manufacturers such as Clemens Meinel and Kohlert seemed to produce rollers sporadically from the early 1900s onward, but I haven't seen any American attempts in that direction. Is it a matter of economics or ergonomics---do the rollers fail to provide smoother transitions between chalumeau E/F and clarion B/C, etc.? Does anyone know if any of the Big Four ever experimented much in that direction, and if so, in which decade?

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