Klarinet Archive - Posting 000624.txt from 1998/08

From: "Doug Sears" <dsears@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Zero-Key Clarinet
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 12:44:27 -0400

Yes, this is very strange. What is the instrument shown at
http://www.futurenet.com/classicalnet/composers/features/mozart/mozarticl.html
? Is it a chalumeau? It has 8 holes, and no keys visible (I guess there
could be a register key hidden on the back side). One of the interesting
things about the WWW is the vast amount of misinformation available.

--Doug
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Doug Sears dsears@-----.org/~dsears

-----Original Message-----
From: MARY A. VINQUIST <kenshaw@-----.com>
Date: Thursday, August 20, 1998 6:18 PM
Subject: [kl] Zero-Key Clarinet

>Check out the Amazing News I came across while surfing in AltaVista:
>
>Composer features: keyless 'natural' clarinet
>[URL: www.futurenet.com/classicalnet/composers.../mozarticl.html]
>MOZART FEATURES INDEX. Child genius Mozart's father The operas German or
>Italian? The piano concertos Five essential ones The chamber music A
>work...
>Last modified 4-Feb-98 - page size 2K - in English
>
>Then go to the page:
>http://www.futurenet.com/classicalnet/composers/features/mozart/mozarticl.h
>tml, which supposedly shows a drawing of a keyless clarinet said to be what
>Mozart wrote K. 622 for.
>
>Too bad Dan Leeson has signed off the list. I'd like to see his comments,
>once he cooled down enough to be able to type.... Maybe Eric Hoeprich is
>lurking....
>
>So -- who else wants to try a truly Natural Clarinet?
>
>Ken Shaw

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