Klarinet Archive - Posting 000208.txt from 1996/06

From: Jarle Brosveet <Jarle.Brosveet@-----.NO>
Subj: Re: Meraaker Clarinet
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1996 17:35:26 -0400

>>A quick question: I've been listening to a CD by Jan Garbarek. One of the
>>instruments he is listed as playing is a "Maraaker clarinet". Does anyone
>>know how this differs from a "standard" clarinet, if it does at all?
>I think it is a very primitive Danish folk clarinet. Nick
>
No, like Garbarek it is Norwegian, and Meraaker is a valley in Middle
Norway. The reference describing this primitive folk instrument is:
Bjorn Aksdal: Meraakerklarinetten. Trondheim: Ringve Museum, 1992.
It is a chalumeau-type instrument and not a modern clarinet.

Jarle Brosveet