Klarinet Archive - Posting 000097.txt from 1993/12

From: Cary Karp <nrm-karp@-----.SE>
Subj: Differences between clarinets
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1993 12:15:06 -0500

On Mon, 6 Dec 1993, Dan Leeson wrote:

> In Mozart's case, the article gave evidence to support the
> hypothesis that Mozart knew exactly what sound character he was
> requesting so it is even in more questionable practice to deviate from
> his explicitly called-for clarinet type.

What about the differences between the clarinets of his own day and those
of our day. Not wanting to trigger a wave of regurgitation into shoes, I
won't peg this question to the issue of tone color (although you can bet
your bottoms that Mozart would have been able to hear the difference).
But what about the implications for articulation of the mouthpieces of
his day, to say nothing of reed-up vs reed-down playing or the
differences in ornamentational nuance dictated by the simpler key systems?