Klarinet Archive - Posting 001190.txt from 1998/07

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: [kl] Mozart and the right clarinet
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 22:42:37 -0400

On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, Edwin V. Lacy wrote:
> Mozart could hear the difference in the tone of the A and the Bb clarinet?
> I don't doubt it for a minute. I'm thoroughly convinced that he could.

I found the lecture on the Mozart Trio at ClarinetFest
interesting....primarily because of the instrument used as a demo....it
was either an original (I doubt) or a reproduction of a basset clarinet
with a low C. The sound wasn't what I am used to hearing a clarinet sound
like......but the guy did a great job of demonstrating on it.....I didn't
hear much difference between the A clarinet he used and the Bb - I wonder
if there were many differences back then?

Any other thoughts out there? Who else heard the lecture/recital - and
was there much of a difference in sound to your ears? (I was in the very
back of the auditorium sitting on the bricks!).

Roger Garrett
IWU

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