Klarinet Archive - Posting 000227.txt from 1997/01

From: "David C. Blumberg" <reedman@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Brahms 3rd/ Bb and A horns...
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 16:28:47 -0500

The opening of Brahms 3rd is best played transposed on A clarinet. Try it,
you'll like it.

At 12:17 PM 1/18/97 -0500, Guillermo Octavio Prado wrote:
>A difference in taper of barrels should be considered. some barrel
>makers manufacture barrels specifically for A and Bb (perhaps just a way
>to make more dough). the length of the barrel is important too. it seems
>that the large concensus is to use a barrel one mm shorter in the A than
>on the Bb . i do agree that it is a whole lot easier to change barrel/mpc
>as a unit, especially at the beginning of the Brahms third symphony.
>
> On Sat, 18 Jan 1997, GREG BAKER wrote:
>
>> Steve,
>>
>> Since the barrel that I got with my A does not fit on my b-flat, I
>> have to switch both of them. However, your queston reminds me of something
> else.
>> Shouldn't the barrels for A and b-flat be of different lengths? Anyone have
> any
>> thoughts on this?
>>
>> Greg Baker
>>
>
>Guillermo Prado
>UM School of Music
>goprado@-----.edu
>
>
David C. Blumberg
reedman@-----.com
Principal Clarinet Riverside Symphonia
Adjunct Woodwind Instructor Univ. of Penn,. Bryn Mawr College