Klarinet Archive - Posting 000883.txt from 1997/10

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Looking for Bass Clarinet in A
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 18:30:34 -0400

At 06:14 PM 10/21/97 -0500, Roger Garrett wrote:
>To my knowledge, Buffet does not manufacture an A Bass Clarinet. In fact,
>I am unaware of any professional clarinet manufacturer who is currently
>marketing an A Bass Clarinet. I could be wrong.....other opinions?
>
Too bad all that music written for A bass will be lost since transposition
is considered heresy by some people, eh?

Slightly off the subject, I was in error about an earlier post I made about
double register keys on bass clarinets. As a result of further research
(it is amazing what you can stumble across while looking for something
else!) I find that indeed they DID make bass clarinets with two octave
keys: one to use through about E, and the other to go beyond. It is easy
to see why this system never won any prizes for ergonomic design! Modern
instruments make this switch automatically, freeing bass clarinet players
from the onerous task of growing two left thumbs.

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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