Klarinet Archive - Posting 000491.txt from 1996/06

From: Andrew Grenci <agrenci@-----.NET>
Subj: Re: Brahms recordings
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 01:28:27 -0400

>Help!
>
>Didn't I see a picture of a (full no less)Boehm from c. 1845
>in Rendall's book? I presume Muhlfield played on some
>modification of a Mueller(sorry about the spelling). Was it
>not an Oehler? How did it differ?
>
>I know there have been bore modifications and changes in the
>tone hole shapes as well as other niceties, but what changes
>in the player's view of the mechanism has occured since 1890?
>
>I once had a full Boehm Selmer from c.1910; was that a period
>instrument? (God! I gave it to the college!).
>
>Dick Williams, dwilliams@-----.edu, FAX (310)-516-4268

M=FChlfeld indeed played an instrument modified from the M=FCller system whi=
ch
was, if I remember correctly, designed by Carl Baermann. This type of
clarinet was plagued with fingering difficulties for the performer, and was
soon to be superceeded by the Oehler. I believe that Pamela Weston
describes this in detail in Clarinet Virtuosi of the Past which I
unfortunately do not own and can't check for more details.

Andy