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Re: Pads, Fingers, Sound & Plateau key Clarinets

Author: Chris P
Date: 2022-03-04 00:17
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Not all professional flautists play open hole flutes and there are entry level flutes made with open holes if that's what the player prefers if they can successfully cover all the holes.

Another advantage of plateaux clarinets is the fingerplates are a lot higher in relation to the tonehole chimneys on regular ring key models which means the hands are more open and relaxed whilst playing.

Provided the main action ventings (key/pad heights) are set well, then there shouldn't be any problem with stuffiness in the lower register where closed ventings will really have an impact. Not too much of a problem with ring key clarinets as the toneholes are open, but the ring key pad heights do have to be set well in order to give a clear open G, E (xoo|ooo) and C (xxx|ooo) in the lower register as those notes will suffer if the ring key heights are set too low.

I've only just fully overhauled this older Malerne plateaux clarinet for an older player who has recently started playing clarinet. He's been a sax player all his life and bought an alto clarinet a little while back (a brand new Yamaha YCL-631II) and wanted a Bb clarinet but can't get on with the ring keys as his hands and fingers aren't as flexible as they would've been had he been several decades younger.

And as for the Rhapsody in Blue gliss - that (and other glisses) can be done on plateaux clarinets.

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

Post Edited (2022-03-04 00:22)

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