Klarinet Archive - Posting 000367.txt from 1998/11

From: Neil Leupold <nleupold@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Don Carroll's Bass Clarinet Pedal
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 19:58:27 -0500

On Tue, 10 Nov 1998 reedman@-----.com wrote:

> Don Carroll, bass clarinetist with the SF Symphony, plays a ca. 1914
> Buffet bass clarinet originally designed to plat to Low Eb.
>
> I believe that Don bought the bass clarinet from Glen in the early
> 50's as he was just starting his career in San Francisco. Initially, Glen
> added an extension to Low D only that is operated with the thumb
> (Presumably to play some of the Prokofiev orchestral repertoire).

<snip>

Thanks Clark! Finally I hear the story. For some reason, I had Mazzeo
in mind as being part of it, but I must be mixing my Bay Area clarinet
folklore with the passage of time. 'Neat that you remember it so well.

Neil

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