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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
THE "SMALL GOODS" TRADE
A New Bore Clarionet.
J. THIBOUVILLE-LAMY & CO. S LATEST ACHIEVE-
MENT ALWAYS IMPROVING AN INTER-
ESTING DESCRIPTION OF THIS
INSTRUMENT.
No. 6.
The J. Thibouville-Lamy clarionets are
steadily increasing in favor with discrimi-
nating artists. This appreciation is con-
vincing evidence of the care taken by this
celebrated house in making them, and is
moreover nndoubted testimony of their
splendid qualities.
The new bore system recently introduced
by this firm—which has met with almost
instant appreciation from artists on ac-
count of the powerful tone which it imparts
to the clarionet—is the result of the per-
sistent labors of this house to inaugurate
improvements in all departments of their
factories.
Many years ago, the clarionet was made
with only thirteen keys, without rings;
the first improvement made .^
in the clarionet was the addi- HzfE
tion of two rings on the
or
lower right hand joint, these
two rings giving the facility of making
quickly the F sharp or B natural. Later
on, another improvement was made by the
addition of two other rings on the upper
joint, in order to make easily the F sharp
on staff, or the upper C
sharp, by opening the
thumb-hole.
But these
improvements, although
appreciated, did not remove difficulties to
the artist in many passages.
Some years ago the Boehm system was
applied to the clarionet; it is surelA
the most perfect system for the
clarionet, but unfortunately it
must be specially learned with a
teacher perfectly acquainted with
No. 4 . }he system. In order to place
within the reach of every clari-
onetist a clarionet possessing the
No. 2.
same facilities as the Boehm sys-
No. 3.
tem, but without the disadvantage
No. 1,
of compelling players to learn an
No. s,
entirely different fingering, J.
Thibouville-Lamy & Co. have de-
vised a new clarionet, which they
call the New Bore Improved Thi-
bouville Clarionet.
This new
clarionet is said to be incompar-
able. Not a single clarionet is
sent out by the manufacturers
before having been thoroughly
tested by an expert clarionetist,
who is a member of the firm.
} The New Bore Im-
proved Thibouville Clari- - "
onet has the great advan-
tage of changing nothing
at all in the fingering of the ordinary
clarionets, but by adding a ring more on
the upper joint, the B flat or E flat is made
perfectly in tune by the fork fingering,
whereas this same B flat or E flat made by
the same fingering on ordinary clarionets,
is not at all correct. This fork fingering
giving perfect correctness to the B flat and
E flat, as just mentioned, by means of a
small hole closed by the middle ring (see
No. i on cut of clarionet), enables any
artist to make, very easily, many passages
which are otherwise of the greatest diffi-
culty, by taking the keys with the third
finger of the left hand, or second finger of
the right hand. This sign ^ indicates the
fork fingering. Examples:
facility for making the above passages with
the greatest ease and correctness of tune.
The G of the above passages is
made by simply opening the G
sharp key without leaving up the
fingers when making F natural.
Every clarionetist knows that this F
natural, when made by the fork-fingering,
so often used, is generally not at all cor-
rect in tune—sometimes very
false. On the Improved Thi-
bouville Clarionet, this F natu-
ral, when the fork-fingering is
used, is made absolutely correct in tune by
means of a key indicated by No. 3.
The B flat key or octave key (indicated
A
In the second and third passages (Nos.
2 and 3), the upper C natural and F natural
on the staff (1st space) must be made as
by No. 4 on cuts), instead of being placed
on the front of the clarionet, or on the
back, is placed on the side. This position
prevents the pad from getting wet,
j| and besides gives to this B flat a
much fuller and clearer tone.
(To be continued.)
Menzenhauer Guitar-Zither Co.
indicated, that i in closing only the third
hole on the upper joint, leaving up the
first and second fingers. Be-
Y
sides
rendering the B flat or
ff
"[ ft' 1 _ E E flat correctly in tune when
made by the fork fingering,
this additional third ring gives also the
great facility of producing the upper C or
F natural by the third finger of the left
hand, taking up the
difficulty of certain pas-
sages, and also affording
the greatest facility for r
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trilling B flat to C, II
which trill is very clear and easy to pro-
duce by the following fingering : Make B
flat by the fork fingering, and for trilling
B flat to C, simply move up the first finger
of the left hand.
On the New Clarionet the G sharp (see
No 2 on cut) is independent of the A key,
trill
in order to
the springs.
fixed in a
can be used
usual style.
avoid the double pressure of
Besides, this G sharp key is
more convenient place, and
much more easily than in the
Its convenient place gives the
The extensive factory facilities of the
Menzenhauer Guitar-Zither Co., at Jersey
City, have been severely tested of late, an
unusually heavy demand having been made
for these well-known instruments.
Since Mr. Oscar Schmidt became con-
nected with this company, an aggressive
system of work has been inaugurated, and
the rapidly increasing demand in the trade
for the Menzenhauer & Schmidt product is
not only strong testimony to its excellence,
but good proof of live management.
The tonal qualities and excellence of finish
of the guitar-zithers is much to be com-
mended and the splendid selling qualities
of these instruments are well known to the
retail trade. It can truthfully be stated
that the Menzenhauer Guitar-Zither Co. are
on the high road to an increased prosperity.
Bauer's New Catalogue.
George Bauer of 1016 Chestnut street,
Philadelphia, has recently
issued a new illustrated
catalogue of "Fine Musi-
cal Intruments, Strings,
and Trimmings."
Mr. Bauer is thoroughly well posted in
his business; the "George Bauer" mandolin
is rapidly coming to the front, and live
dealers who want to keep in line should not
fail to .procure a copy of this recent pub-
lication.