Klarinet Archive - Posting 000594.txt from 1999/05

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] basset clarinet and K622
Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 03:51:59 -0400

At 11:36 PM 5/13/99 +0100, Tony Pay wrote:
>As a young lad, not having an A clarinet, I used to play some of the
>Mozart last movement on my Bb along with Reginald Kell's 78 rpm record
>on our family radiogram. It had an adjustable speed, and I just set it
>so that it would be in tune.
>
>Not really appreciating what I'd done, I had quite an argument with my
>teacher about whether the piece was for Bb or A clarinet. "Well,
>Reginald Kell plays it on the Bb," I said. "I know, because I can play
>along with the record!"
>
>(It must have been a bit fast, of course:-)
>
Same thing I do with my Music Minus One record of the Mozart Clarinet
Quintet, with the same tempo problem!

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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