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Author: Chris P
Date: 2018-04-21 20:58
It's an articulated low Eb key - the Eb pad cup is sprung open and held closed by the stronger spring on the Eb key just as you'd see on oboe and sax G# keys.
This means you can hold down the Eb key and slur to low C, Bb or Bb simply by closing the low C, B or Bb keys as the linkage bar on the low C key will automatically close the Eb key pad.
This also makes for an easy low Eb-Db (or Db-Eb) slur as you can hold down the low C#/Db key and operate the low C key to do the slur. It's usually marketed as a low C#-D# or Db-Eb link.
The one thing a lot of players don't like is it means the low C# key can't be used independently to vent, resonate or stabilise certain notes higher up the instrument as it opens the Eb key along with it. It can be disengaged, but that requires some surgery.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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