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Re: Remove the Left Hand Eb/Ab Lever

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2021-12-05 02:15

LaurieBell wrote:

> I'm wondering if anyone else has had this problem. And if an
> acceptable solution is to have the key removed? Or, should I
> pass on this model and consider another R13 (or is their a new
> and improved model I should try).

I'm another who has removed the LH Eb/Ab. It wasn't so much that it got in my way, which it did. But it came on a C clarinet and was the only one among my clarinets that had the extra key. It seemed as if after years of learning to manage awkward combinations without it that learning to use it might not be worth the effort, since I would still have to do things the old fashioned way on all of my other clarinets.

Taking it off is easy. Finding a place to keep it where it won't get lost in case I one day want to sell the instrument is for me the hard part.

Karl

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