Klarinet Archive - Posting 001305.txt from 1997/08

From: alchev@-----.com (Al Chiavarini)
Subj: Re: Low E flat
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 1997 11:21:03 -0400

David:

How right you are and how age clouds the mind. The Opus clarinets belong
to a friend I play with in a local orchestra.

How ever I do have a friend who had such a clarinet and I did play on
it. I believe it is a friend of mine who is up north at the moment but
will be returning to the area for the winter shortly. He collects old
instruments. I bought a "C" clarinet from him last year. He also has a
B flat clarinet made of TEAK which I have been trying to buy to make into
a lamp. All of my furniture is Teak.
Thanks for setting me straight.

On Fri, 29 Aug 1997 09:30:34 -0700 "David S. Naden"
<dnaden@-----.net> writes:
>Al--
>
>Check your information on the LeBlanc Opus again. It has a left-hand
>low Ab/Eb key as the extra key--same as the Buffet Prestige. Please
>verify.
>
>TIA
>
>David S. Naden
>
>Al Chiavarini wrote:
>
>> The LeBlanc Opus Model (1190s) has the low E flat key on the B Flat
>> clarinet. A friend of mine I play with has one and I
>> have
>> tried it a few times. The extra key seems to get in the way but I
>> would
>> assume time would cure it. The Clarinet carries a list price if
>$4850
>>
>> and a selling price of $2867 from a catalog from The Woodwind
>Company
>> in
>> Southbend Indiana
>>
>> On Thu, 28 Aug 1997 23:10:25 -0400 "J. Michael Norsworthy"
>> <mnorsworthy@-----.net> writes:
>> >Elisabeth Kelvin wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Does anyone know of a B b clarinet that has an E flat as its
>lowest
>>
>> >note?
>> >> (not including Bass clarinet, of course)..
>> >>
>> >> Elisabeth Kelvin
>> >> Lecturer of Clarinet
>> >> Co-ord. Woodwind, Brass & Percussion
>> >> Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music
>> >> University of Tasmania
>> >> Ph: (03) 6226 7345
>> >> Fax: (03) 6226 7318
>> >> email: E.Kelvin@-----.au
>> >Elisabeth,
>> >
>> >Buffet makes such a clarinet. My former teacher, Sasha Ivanov, has
>> >one that he purchased fairly recently, but of course he had to
>> >special order it. Don't know about any of the details but Buffet
>is
>> >one brand to try.
>> >
>> >Regards,
>> >Michael Norsworthy
>> >mnorsworthy@-----.net
>> >
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