Klarinet Archive - Posting 001358.txt from 1998/05

From: "Jason Hsien" <jasonavhs@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] The recent issue of The Clarinet
Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 01:13:50 -0400

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From: Shouryu Nohe +ADw-jnohe+AEA-nmsu.edu+AD4-

+AHw-rather fuzzy one, at that) of our dear Claude with some clarinet...at
+AHw-first I rejoiced+ADs- it appeared that the Ingenious Impressionist was holding
+AHw-God's instr...uh, a bass clarinet. But...upon further inspection, it
+AHw-appeared to be a bit...thin to be a bass. Not just the body, but the neck
+AHw-and what is visible of the mouthpiece. Was Debussy a bassist (oh,
+AHw-rejoice, heart of mine+ACE-)? Or is that a basset horn of the day? Or were
+AHw-basses (or clarinets in general) thinner, or perhaps had thinner walls?

I'm pretty sure it was a basset horn. I've seen a picture (actually it was
the first picture I had seen of one) of one that had the body that looked
like that of an alto clarinet and the neck of a bass clarinet. Only later,
did I realize that that wasn't the norm for bassets.

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