Runyon Products has developed a Bis Key for the clarinet. This
new key allows the musician to play an optional fingering for the
Bb. This new fingering is comparable to the bis fingering for the
saxophone. Like the saxophone's Bis Key, this attachment allows
the musician to play passages with greater ease. For example, the
clarinetist can now go from Bb to A, G, etc. more quickly. The finger
action required for the Bis is simple when compared to the traditional
fingering.
Another advantage of the Bis Key is that it provides an optional
fingering for the high F#. This optional fingering not only plays
the note clearly, but it also plays the note in tune, giving the
musician more confidence when he or she needs to play it in a passage.
Runyon Products has made the Bis innovation rather simple to assemble.
The buyer need not bring it to the shop to have it put on the clarinet.
The Bis Key is gold-plated and is attached by one set screw to the
clarinet.
Clarinet Bis Key $24.15