Klarinet Archive - Posting 001002.txt from 1998/04

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: The Ab Clarinet, Bass Sax, Sopranissimo, and a bunch of
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 19:44:38 -0400

At 07:01 PM 4/16/98 -0700, Jason Hsien wrote:
>And, now back to the sopranissimo sax. I can probably guess that the reason
>they aren't made anymore (except by ORSI, who makes everything and anything
>you want, wind instrument wise) is because of the difficulty playing. I've
>heard enough horror stories about the soprano sax being difficult to play,
>and the spranino sax even harder. I can't imagine many people being able to
>play a sopranissimo in the begining without lots of hard work and traning,
>let alone get a decent sound out of one. (But, these are JMHO. I'm sure any
>soprano saxes or sopranino saxes out there would disagree, maybe)
>
They just built the Bb sopranissimo sax to prove that indeed there WAS a
more irritating sound than fingernails on a blackboard! :-)

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If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.