Alternate Keywork

Alternative Keywork

Alternative Keywork Name Makers who Used / Years Pics / Notes
Buffet Elite

(pics taken from German eBay)

Special keywork. Notice the “open” hole just above the bell.

And the extra keywork from the top of the register key going all the way
down the lower joint


If
you look closely there an open hole on the left as a vent
Take
a close look at the register key, the pad cup. It activates a long
actuating arm which has it’s own bridge and continues to the lower part of the
lower joint.
You
can see the rod keywork alongside the bottom of the lower joint. It ends
and the padcup goes along the backside.


Mazzeo Selmer / mid 1960s

Each model, Selmer Paris, Signet and
Bundy had slightly different features.

 

Selmer Mazzeo
Clarinet Article


Mazzeo Brochure #1


Mazzeo Brochure #2

Mazzeo Mechanisms
The Mazzeo mechanism on the Signet allows the player to switch between “Mazzeo”
mode and regular Boehm. The first picture has a Bundy Mazzeo (on the
bottom) and a Signet Mazzeo (on the top)




The Signet mechanism (left) shows it in the Mazzeo position. It has a
knurled end “plunger” mechanism to turn the Mazzeo system on/off. To
disconnect you simply push the mechanism in. To reconnect you pull it out.


Mazzeo information, brochures and pictures provided by S. Page, UK

 

McIntyre Upper joint only from eBay




Stubbins Selmer

(this series 9 has a band on the top joint)

from eBay



van Perck

 

pics courtesy of Chris, UK (the guy borrowing my FB Leblanc LL)

Time Frame:

Clarinet Make:




Pupeschi

 

pics courtesy of Chris, UK

Time Frame:

Clarinet Maker:





Articulated C#/G# keywork Time Frame: Current (optional on some
instruments) going back to the early 1900sClarinet Maker:
Available on most professional instruments such as Selmer, Leblanc, Buffet
Full Boehm keywork Time Frame: Current (optional on some
instruments) going back to the early 1900sClarinet Maker :
Available on many professional instruments such as Selmer, Leblanc and
BuffetExample: A-series Selmer Series 9, Leblanc LL, Buffet, R-Series
Selmer CT, W-series Selmer Series 9Shows the differences between the
Articulated C#/G# keywork of the various makers.



Selmer Recital Series

Keywork Modifications

Eaton International Here is some excellent work from Chris Peryagh from the UK
as he adds a Ab/Eb key to an Eaton International. This work does not
modify any posts or anything and the original lever can be reinstalled to
eliminate this modification and keep the instrument close to original.
SN398





ok, an oboe, but great keywork modification







Other Links to other things clarinets

Clarinets
with Five Keys at the National Music Museum

Clarinets
with 6 Keys


Graves & Company Instruments

Mazzeo
System


McIntyre System


Georg Ottensteiner Clarinets


Haynes Thermo Clarinets