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High pitch question....

Author: klook
Date: 2010-11-03 16:25

Just curious about this:

I picked up an old French Albert system clarinet that is marked A HP.

The really interesting thing was the mouthpiece: it was a very stubby piece, so short you would have to cut a Bb reed's butt off to make it work.

It was corked to be used with this clarinet for sure, and it also didn't work as an Eb piece as I tried.

My friend Peter, the local mpc refacer and long time player, mentioned the possibility that maybe they built the "hi pitch" aspect of the clarinet into the mouthpiece? Meaning, if the body is the normal length for an "A" clarinet, which it seems to be, could you the make make it hi pitch by using a super duper small mouthpiece?

The clarinet was unplayable and is awaiting new pads in the next week or so, but I'm very curious!

And, what is the typical length of an A LP clarinet? Without the mpc?

thanks!

klook

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