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Re: custom clarinet?

Author: Chris P
Date: 2011-07-19 22:19

I've got an ancient Selmer A clarinet with a fingerplate for RH1 which is perforated like an oboe fingerplate. I'll post a photo of it soon so you can see what alterations have to be made.

Here's a description - the RH rings and this fingerplate are mounted on a rod screw between the existing pillars, so the existing rings will have to be remounted on a hollow key barrel and linked to the C vent with a bridge. The RH1 fingerplate raises the bridge so Bb/F/alt.D can be played (there's an adjusting screw on the bridge) and the new linkage piece/key foot for RH1 stops against the upper B/F# cross key pillar (which has been filed flat). The rings for RH2 and 3 are now sprung from the lower pillar as RH1 is sprung from the top pillar.

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

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