Klarinet Archive - Posting 001255.txt from 1998/07

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Mozart and the right clarinet
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 05:50:54 -0400

Theoretically, a basset instrument should have all the holes in slightly
different places. Evidently, the practical differences are well within the
ordinary range of adjustment.
Roger Shilcock

On Wed, 29 Jul 1998, Note Staff Unlimited wrote:

> Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 11:45:53 +0200
> From: Note Staff Unlimited <notestaff@-----.ch>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] Mozart and the right clarinet
>
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> klarinet@-----.org schrieb:
>
> > On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, Note Staff Unlimited wrote:
> > > Which gets me onto a hobby horse: why don't clarinet builders supply ONE
> > > clarinet in A with TWO lower joints - one normal
> > > and one basset version? This would save costs and surely encourage more
> > > clarinettists to play (or attempt?) the Mozart on the
> > > basset clarinet. The work really gains from it even though there is still some
> > > guess work as to the exact right version. Or, at the
> > > risk of insulting one or another "short" clarinettist, the work really suffers
> > > from the lower register being cut off. Still, I admit, it's
> > > better to perform the Mozart on a "short" clarinet than not at all!
> >
> > David Shifrin's horn is built this way, with the low c extension keys on
> > top to be played by pinkies rather than with the thumb. However, the new
> > basset clarinets out seem to have design issues in the top joint as well
> > that eliminate the possibility of using different lower joints with the
> > same upper joints. And, in fact, Shifrin's has a few notes that he must
> > compensate for (it was specially made for him out of clarinet parts!).
> >
> > Roger Garrett
> > IWU
> >
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> Of course, I tend not to think of the problem with the bore as I didn't have any.
> The Uebel clarinets have a very straight bore right down to about the low F hole.
> When I had the extensions done (by Brian Ackerman) only the last little taper had to
> be removed from the bottom. With a French bore with God knows what refined reverse
> tapers, etc. etc., I can imagine that problems might turn up. My bassets turned out
> great.
> I'll be signing off for a few days to go to Ostend for the clarinet course with
> Robert Spring, Howard Klug, Guido Six... It's started already but I can't get away
> until tonight. Look forward to it!
>
> David Glenn
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