Klarinet Archive - Posting 000862.txt from 1998/04

From: "Justin Wood" <olio555@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Ab Clarinet
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 16:41:23 -0400

Where is all this "literature" that calls for Ab clarinet? I asked that
question a week or so ago and I had one piece of music mentioned.

BTW, what ever happened to the Bass Saxophone?
-----Original Message-----
From: Emerald1 <emerald1@-----.net>
Date: Thursday, April 16, 1998 3:23 PM
Subject: Re: Ab Clarinet

>
>I've only played the instrument a few times; but I never had problems
>playing it; and I have quite large hands. I must disagree with it being
>called a "novelty instrument". There's quite alot of literature out there
>that calls for it. If you want to call something a novelty instrument, how
>about an BBBb OctoContraBass Clarinet; BBBb Sub-contrabass sax; or a Bb
>sopranissimo saxophone. Now those are "novelty instruments"!!!
>Tristan Carpenter
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