Klarinet Archive - Posting 000057.txt from 1996/05

From: Jack Dannenberg <music@-----.COM>
Subj: Koklert Bass Clarinet
Date: Fri, 3 May 1996 19:53:52 -0400

> Yes, the instrument is playable. I am using a neck for a Vito and the
> instrument plays about a 1/4 tone flat. I experimented with cutting
> another Vito neck but there was not enough straight section to shorten
> enough to bring it into tune therefore I wondered if it was possibly
> an A clarinet. I have not yet tried lengthening the neck to see if I
> can bring it to a correct A pitch. It is hard to find tubing where I
> now live. If anyone has a Kohlert Bass I would like to get some
> measurements of tone hole spacing and neck length.
>
> >
> > Maybe I'm being remarkably naive here, but is the instrument not playable?
> > Could you not simply use a different neck and play a written C (regardless
> > of register), comparing that pitch to an A or Bb on a piano (or even to
> > another clarinet playing written C)? This doesn't seem like such a difficul
t
> > problem.
> >
> > On Thu, 2 May 1996, Jack Dannenberg wrote:
> >
> > > I noticed on one of the Kohlert clarinet responses said the clarinet
> > > was labeled Bohemia, someone else said that it must be older than
> > > 1918 as after that time they were made in Czechoslovokia. For what
> > > it's worth Bohemia is one of 2 states in the Czech Republic, the
> > > other being Moravia so I wouldn't try and date the instrument on
> > > that criteria. I have a Kohlert Bass and am trying to determine if
> > > it is an A or Bb. I don't have the original neck. Can anyone suggest
> > > a way to find out or does anyone else have a Kohlert that I can
> > > communicate with and get some measurements?
> > > --
> > > Jack Dannenberg
> > > music@-----.com
> > >
> >
>
>
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> Jack Dannenberg
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