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Author: alanporter
Date: 2013-03-05 18:40
I have an old Vito bass clarinet and I have noticed that the tone hole under the upper end of the register key is only open when the register key alone is pressed, leaving the left thumb hole open. I am not aware of any note played by pressing the register key while leaving the left thumb pad open. Can anyone explain what purpose the first mentioned tone hole serves ? Or is there somrthing wrong with my bass ? It plays quite well.
Alan
tiaroa@shaw.ca
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Author: JJAlbrecht
Date: 2013-03-05 18:46
What about a throat Bb?
Jeff
“Everyone discovers their own way of destroying themselves, and some people choose the clarinet.” Kalman Opperman, 1919-2010
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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2013-03-05 18:55
This is the technically correct approach of splitting the register key's action into "pinch throat Bb" and "Register Change". The "Pinch Throat Bb" would open a much bigger hole which is in an acoustically better position than the soprano clarinet's "dual purpose" register hole.
The equivalent on a soprano would be to use the "A" key and the 3rd side trill in order to get a clear Bb. Bass has it built-in into what looks like an overly complicated register key mechanism.
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Ben
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Author: alanporter
Date: 2013-03-05 20:45
Thank you gentlemen. How dumb can I be ! Throat Bb of course.
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