Klarinet Archive - Posting 000720.txt from 1998/02

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: Ophicleide?
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 06:00:52 -0500

Re A. Sax[e]:
let's not forget that his bass clarinet came *before* the invention of the
saxophone.
Roger Shilcock

On Thu, 19 Feb 1998, Bill Hausmann wrote:

> Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 05:41:28 -0500
> From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.us
> To: klarinet@-----.us
> Subject: Re: Ophicleide?
>
> At 09:24 AM 2/19/98 +0000, Robin Fairbairns wrote:
> >the only serpent i've ever played with was definitely made of wood --
> >are you suggesting that it was a `brass' instrument (as were the
> >ophicleids on the japanese web address posted yesterday), or simply as
> >in its rather gross `brass-instrument-type' mouthpiece?
> >
> The serpent is a brass instrument in the same general way as a metal
> clarinet is a woodwind. While it is made of wood, the mouthpiece and
> embouchure are those of brass instruments. The method of changing pitch,
> however, is more woodwind-style. The ophicleids are definitely made of
> brass. I can see how attempted development of the ophicleid by Adolph Sax
> might have lead to the invention of the saxophone.
>
>
>
> Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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>
> If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.
>