Klarinet Archive - Posting 000243.txt from 1998/10

From: "Skublics" <skublics@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] simple question
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1998 00:21:41 -0400

> Subject: [kl] simple question
>
> To be a little more specific, an Eb in the key of A. There is an extra
> key below the right hand E natural key.
>
> Mark A. Bradley
> Chazy, NY

Well......
I bought a "cheap" clarinet in Czechoslovakia (now The Czech Republic).
It's an Amati.
It's a Bb, but it goes down to low Eb.
Although there was a bit of a language barrier,
the guy I bought it from suggested that the low Eb was required in case one
wanted to
transpose A Clarinet parts.
(I really only bought it because I thought I'd pull it out sometime on a
"dixie" gig and
freak the other guys out by playing a low Eb)

Skublics
Mississauga, Ontario
CANADA

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