Klarinet Archive - Posting 001193.txt from 1998/07

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: RE: [kl] Mozart and the right clarinet
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 22:42:40 -0400

Well ... sometimes, of course, the B flat and the A were basically the
same instrument with a joint changed - especially in Paris.
In this case, the sound must have been pretty similar, but with varying
intonation problems.
Roger Shilcock

On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, Roger Garrett wrote:

> Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 10:42:52 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: RE: [kl] Mozart and the right clarinet
>
> 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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