Klarinet Archive - Posting 000239.txt from 1997/06

From: "Todd and Lynnette Staley" <nette@-----.net>
Subj: Use of different pitch clarinets
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 19:46:57 -0400

Hello all;
Please forgive me in advance for the question which I am about to pose.
Thanks in no small part to the list, my curiosity is just beginning to
peak in clarinet history. Since I have done little to no research so far
(consider that my confession), maybe someone can clear this up for me. Was
it common for players in the time of Mozart, etc to own all of the
different pitch clarinets or did performers specialize in two or three
pitches? It would seem that we have digressed if this is the case. The
people I have known may have a few, but certainly not the entire clarinet
family. Since there is so much transposing and instrument substitution
going on now, I just became curious as to the answerto this question.
Thanks for tolerating.
Lynnette
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Todd & Lynnette Staley
email: nette@-----.net