Klarinet Archive - Posting 001270.txt from 1998/07

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Mozart and the right clarinet
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 14:58:25 -0400

Re Pedistool:
How about:
Spanish PED -- EDP
estola ------ stole
Hence, something warm to wear while you use your computer.
Roger Shilcock

On Wed, 29 Jul 1998, Anne Bell wrote:

> Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 09:57:54 -0400
> From: Anne Bell <bell@-----.net>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] Mozart and the right clarinet
>
> At 06:38 AM 7/29/98 EDT, Dan Leeson wrote:
> >
> >I do not follow this note. Both basset horn and basset clarinet had
> >all semitones from low e down to low c, so why does rjs suggest
> >that bassethorns generally did not have them?
> >
>
> In Colin Lawson's book he indicated that the first basset clarinets (basset
> horns I can't attest to) did not have all the semitones down to C but
> rather E,(Eb?), D and C. I don't have the book in front of me and can't
> cite his sources but he does correlate the addition of keys with their
> usage by Mozart.
>
> Pedistool (revisited): pedo- greek, a child; stol Old english, a seat
> Def.1 a booster seat 2 Metaphorically speaking that stage in life where the
> secrets of the universe are revealed and one's parents are idiots. 3
> [Slang] a potty chair.
>
> Anne
> Anne Bell
> bell@-----.net
>
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