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Re: third ring for left hand

Author: Ken Mills
Date: 2005-06-11 23:40

Dear Youall and Pete Fountain: Instead of the left hand forked fingering to get the Bb (clarion note on top of the staff like the sax or flute system, in my system) I like to use a biz key like the sax. But then its main vent on the front of the horn will sound quite a bit sharp because that vent is supposed to be accompanied by the closure of the right hand first finger in the 1-and-1 fingering for that note. Then I found out that when the sliver key tonehole is filled (this is where we have three holes opposite each other in the bore, making it look pretty rough) that it will make the note in the area's other vents go flat, just what we need as a correction! Almost. Watchout for the side trill key to get that note too, you might need a needle file to raise its pitch. I know: Just build a new clarinet. So I cannot use the 1-and-1 anymore (like the Germans), but I do not like too many holes in the clarinet (as well as the one added by the forked mechanism). I have a reference from Scientific American that the instrument will sound better with no holes, but then you could not change notes. Too much tradition against me, Mr. Science

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