Klarinet Archive - Posting 000013.txt from 1996/01

From: Nick Shackleton <njs5@-----.UK>
Subj: Re: Dan Leeson: dark sounds and all that
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 08:06:57 -0500

>The Hawkes/Kell clarinet you mention sounds like one that has been in
>an Auckland pawn shop for the last ten years. Do you have a serial
>number for comparison?
Have another look at that instrument if you're passing by. What exactly does
the stamp say? I've forgotten the critical wording.

>My own playing started on 1960s Boosey & Hawkes 1010s and later moved
>to pre-war ones which I still have. I tried some Peter Eaton Elites
>but never liked the sound they produced. I currently am using Yamaha
>"German Boehms" which I believe are a lot simpler than your
>Wurlitzers. After some time trying to adapt a French boehm mouthpiece
>to the Yamahas, I've got to like the German mouthpieces, shoestring
>and all. I'm currently using a grenadilla Zinner 3MR.
>

I've only briefly tried the Yamaha's. They have the right idea.

thanks for your comments on bore changes.

>Also I see you interests in collecting clarinets. I have a friend
>here who is an accomplished clarinettist and retired watchmaker who
>has a fine collection of woodwind instruments which have been
>meticulously restored. If you like I can put you in touch (he is not
>on the Internet).
Please do put me in touch, I'd be grateful.

>If you hear of any pre-war 1010 B flat clarinets, I would be more than
>interested. My own one has a forked B flat and articulated G sharp which makes
>it a bit incompatible with my plain Boehm A.
Do you mean you'd like to exchange youf instrument for one without the
extra's? Or that you want to buy a pre-war Bb? They do come up here from
time to time. I collected a pair yesterday from another enthusiast that I'll
probably buy.

best wishes Nick
Nick Shackleton, University of Cambridge, Godwin Laboratory,
Free School Lane, Cambridge CB2 3RS, UK
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