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Re: Rossi clarinet questions

Author: donald
Date: 2013-11-20 03:02
Attachment: SK type mech.jpg (313k)

I can't comment on Rossi clarinet as it's about 10 years since i last played one that had the B flat vent.
However....
I have always maintained that such a mechanism is not necessary if you learn resonance fingerings, and (as noted above) we don't need more things to possibly go wrong- the simplicity of the standard Boehm system clarinet is the key to its continued success....
THEN
In July I played a Buffet Tosca A clarinet that had had a B flat mechanism added, and found that this improved the B flat so effectively that I MUST get one installed on my clarinet... my B flat clarinet probably doesn't need it, but the A definitely does.
I've attached a photo- please note that this is NOT the SK mechamism, but opperates in the same way (extra vent for B flat, vent is closed by thumb ring).
After playing this clarinet for 10min, i have been converted, i'm a believer- and if i had the chance to buy a clarinet that had one i would...
dn

Post Edited (2013-11-20 07:13)

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