Klarinet Archive - Posting 001494.txt from 1999/01

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Questions
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 08:38:30 -0500

At 06:35 AM 1/30/99 EST, CEField wrote:
>
>In a message dated 1/29/99 7:49:52 PM, Ravel wrote:
>
><<And why is a clarinet called a horn?>>
>
>This is one thing that always bothers my sensibilities. To me, the word
"horn"
>when used to describe a clarinet seems disparaging and crass. I do not feel
>this way about French horns or horns in general. I just think there are
better
>synonyms to choose when describing a clarinet.
>
It is simply a short, easily spelled and spoken synonym for "wind
instrument." I know when I use it, absolutely no disparagement is
intended. I sometimes also use the jazz-tinged word "ax," but it tends to
make my wood clarinet very nervous! :-)

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