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RE: 13-Key Buffet Clarinet

Author: Ken Shaw
Date: 2001-11-15 14:34

The string-in-the-bore idea has been discussed many times. See, for example, http://www.sneezy.org/clarinet/BBoard/read.html?f=1&i=16804&t=16778 ,
http://www.sneezy.org/clarinet/BBoard/read.html?f=1&i=13462&t=13230 , and
http://www.sneezy.org/clarinet/BBoard/read.html?f=1&i=15748&t=15741 .

You can also search the Klarinet archives. Go to http://www.sneezy.org/Databases/LogsIndex/index.html and search for the words "string" and "bore" (without the quotes).

Our own Mark Charette is the grand guru on this topic. He's actually done it. The consensus is that it's possible to bring a high pitch instrument down to low pitch (a little less than a quarter-tone) or even make a Bb clarinet into an A clarinet, but it doesn't play very well.

Best regards.

Ken Shaw

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