Klarinet Archive - Posting 000397.txt from 1996/03

From: "Robert J. Resnik" <rjresnik@-----.EDU>
Subj: LEATHER CLARINET (fwd)
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 23:05:45 -0500

Hello everyone,

This came through on the wind synthesizer list, and I thought it might be
of interest!

Robert Resnik

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 10:53:39 +1100
From: Dr Guy Grant <guygrant@-----.AU>
To: Multiple recipients of list WIND <WIND@-----.CA>
Subject: LEATHER CLARINET

Dear David

>Leather clarinet? Is that an early leather covered curved basset horn,
>the clarinet equivalent of the jagd hautbois?

No..circa 1993....it is manufactured completely from leather (hard like
saddle leather) by Garry Greenwood in Launceston, Tasmania...it's curved in
a "c" shape with a leather strut between the proximal and distal ends. I
think there are three fingerholes at the top end and three at the bottom. A
clarinet mouthpiece is inserted in the proximal end. Karlin Love plays it
and could tell you more. She can be e-mailed at

Karlin.Love@-----.au

>David Boddington
>Bassoon EWI3000m SCSB-55
>North Vancouver British Columbia pdbod@-----.ca

Regards
Dr Guy Grant 127 Sorell St
President Devonport
Australian Didjeridu Association Tasmania 7310
Ph/Fax (004) 24 4957 Australia
Dr Guy Grant guygrant@-----.au Ph/Fax (004) 24 4957