Klarinet Archive - Posting 000980.txt from 1998/10

From: "Dee D. Hays" <deehays@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Basset Questions
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 19:00:22 -0400

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From: Tim Roberts <timr@-----.com>
Date: Thursday, October 22, 1998 11:45 AM
Subject: [kl] Basset Questions

>... basset horn is exactly equal to the bore on an Eb alto. Is
>a basset horn, then, pitched in Eb?

The key is more determined by the length than the bore (tho a ratio of these
does enter in a little bit). While I don't have my references available at
this moment, I belief that the basset horn is pitched in F.

Dee Hays
Canton, SD

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