Klarinet Archive - Posting 000853.txt from 1997/10

From: xxx <hakan@-----.net>
Subj: Re: Looking for Bass Clarinet in A
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 14:36:15 -0400

Selmer can make an A Bass-Clarinet for you on special order in African
Blackwood and also in Rosewood. This has a range to low E (or maby
Eb?). Most Bb Basses have a range to either low C or Eb to make the
player able to play what would be the E on an A Bass. Older
Bass-Clarinet scores are often written for a Bass in A, although there
is to my knowledge no evidence that A Basses where common.

Hekan Lundberg