Klarinet Archive - Posting 000563.txt from 1995/09

From: niethamer@-----.BITNET
Subj: Re: Re the Neidich recording of K. 622
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 1995 15:15:18 -0400

On Wed, 27 Sep 1995, Dan Leeson: LEESON@-----.edu wrote:

> Isn't Neidich's performance on an original instrument??

I believe Charlie plays on a Leblanc basset clarinet (modern instrument).

On the subject of accurate terminology, what exactly is an "original"
instrument? It has been suggested to me that "period instrument" is a
more accurate term, or "copy of a PI", to be more accurate still. The
suggestor implied that an "original" clarinet would be Denner serial #1.

Anthony Pay plays on a basset clarinet made in Cambridge in 1984. In the
booklet, the Acad of Ancient Music is said to play on "authentic
instruments", leading me to wonder whether the rest of us are playing on
somehow suspect instruments! (Well maybe, but...)

What do we think about accurate terminology here?

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