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 Re: a new version of a no longer existing clarinet. What clarinet would you choose?
Author: Chris P 
Date:   2016-08-04 11:28

The thing with the B&H 1010 is they have a very large bore, but have considerably small toneholes compared to a CT which has both a fairly large bore (15mm or .590") but also large toneholes, so a very low resistance and free blowing instrument.

Not so long ago I let a Buffet player try my newly restored BT and he found it was too much for him, especially the top notes which absolutely belted out compared to his Buffet. This is why they are the preferred clarinet for playing out the front of a big band as they don't require a lot of effort to cut through the texture of the whole band playing at full tilt.

I heard of a player who bought a 1010 for use with a big band and soon ditched it as he couldn't hear himself (I made the same mistake with a Buffet S3 solid copper alto sax).

Maybe take measurements from N, P, Q and R series CTs and take the best aspects of all of them combined in the one bore/tonehole configuration.

The biggest hurdle that Howarth and Marigaux faced with their clarinets was the stranglehold Buffet have on the market. So while they made some excellent instruments, far too many people play it safe and stick to the mainstream.

Just a few observations and ideas I'd like to run by you:

I have on my bench a Peter Eaton Elite and the owner finds the low register D a particularly stuffy note. The problem with D is there's a closed tonehole immediately below it (the C# tonehole) making it effectively a forked note. Maybe fitting a ring key to the LH3 tonehole with a vent below it (under the C#/G# touchpiece arm like a reform Boehm or a basset horn) can free up the low register D, such as an Acton vent clears up B/F# when played with the standard fingering (and is also worth considering).

Low A can also be helped with a vent key (like the open standing forked F vent on thumbplate system oboes) that's closed when RH3 is closed - the vent hole in question is in a similar location as the Ab/Eb tonehole but on the opposite side. That will go towards reducing the diameter of the RH3 chimney which some players have trouble covering - on CTs the RH3 tonehole is huge.

To further fully vent things, a double F/C key as on some older Leblancs and on basses can help the venting of low G which is often compromised by the closeness of the F/C key pad and is often remedied by making the E/B key open excessively wide.

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