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Re: Full Boehm disadvantages

Author: Tony Beck
Date: 2010-06-20 12:54

There are lots of older, but not antique clarinets with most of the full Boehm features, particularly Selmers and Leblancs. My regular Bb is a Leblanc Symphonie 3 3/4 Boehm. It has everything but the long Eb/Bb, has excellent intonation, low resistance and has a very nice tone. Projection is a little weak, which is true of most Symphonies, I am told. But that is cured in my case with a Pomarico crystal MP.

My backup is a FB Kohlert. Its projection is better, but intonation isn't as good.

Personally, if I had to choose just one feature of an FB for an "every day" clarinet, it would be the forked Eb/Bb. I use it all the time.

The two disadvantages of an FB are extra weight and learning to keep the keywork adjusted. I don't have a problem with the first, and learning the second was no trouble. The change in resistance between a regular length Bb and the Kohlert FB is no greater than the chnage between various Bbs. I suspect that in most cases, a resistive FB is leaking or out of adjustment.

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