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Re: Console Clarinet

Author: Chris P
Date: 2010-06-11 15:22

I definitely find playing Brahms on an Oehler system much more rewarding - there's an extra element or edge to it that I don't find when playing Brahms on a Boehm system.

The biggest snag I find with Oehler systems is the lower register LH notes - especially Eb-F or F-Eb as they're both with the side keys for the best tone quality as the forked fingering for Eb is too sharp in pitch. The throat Bb is only available as the A+Sp key fingering - no side Bb key for a better Bb as on Boehm systems, though the usual resonance fingerings do help. Upper register has such beauty in the tone quality of the forked fingerings for high Bb and C that Boehm systems can't really compete with (unless you have the forked Bb mechanism on your Boehm system).

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

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