The Clarinet BBoard

The Clarinet BBoard The C4 standard

New Topic | Go to Top | Go to Topic | Search | Help/Rules | Smileys/Notes | Log In

Previous Message | Next Message

Re: articulated clarinets - the G tonehole

Author: Chris P
Date: 2006-12-10 10:05

Just to clear things up - if a clarinet has an articulated G#, it won't necessarily have the forked Bb mechanism (still with 6 rings) which means the plain fingerhole will be offset as normal. Virtually all Boehm system clarinets with a plain tonehole for LH finger 3 will generally have this tonehole offset.

But clarinets with the forked Bb mechanism (7 rings - though they may or may not have an articulated G#) can have an inline or offset tonehole chimney for LH finger 3 (which is the D/A tonehole, not the C/G tonehole as C/G issue through the top tonehole on the bottom joint covered by the ring key pad). It depends on the maker - as we've seen they can be inline or offset, even with the same maker (eg. an early Selmer Series 9 full Boehm has inline toneholes and a late Series 9 full Boehm has offset toneholes).

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

Reply To Message | Avail. Forums | Flat View

Newer Topic | Older Topic

Topics