Klarinet Archive - Posting 000403.txt from 1999/10

From: "Buckman, Nancy" <nebuckman@-----.us>
Subj: RE: [kl] Lyons C clarinet
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 12:05:38 -0400

Walter,

The Lyons clarinet is a very basic instrument, designed for young children
to learn to play. It does not have a full compliment of keys and is very
lightly sprung. When you are accustomed to holding a weighty instrument of
substance in your hands, it comes as somewhat of a surprise to pick up the
Lyons instrument and play it. My immediate reaction when I first saw and
held it was that it was a piece if junk. After closer inspection, I
realized that it really is a small wonder that something so almost nebulous
could actually do what a clarinet does. Once I became accustomed to its
design, I was really amazed at what could be accomplished with the thing. I
have used it for everything and it has served me well. I am playing Zampa
and I wanted to play it on the C instrument that it was written for because
it sounds better that way (my personal preference, no flames please) and it
doesn't have the keywork necessary to play the part, so I bought a "real" C
clarinet. I am getting calls from everywhere to play C parts, so the
investment was warranted. And I actually have played it in the shower,
where it sounds fantastic!

Nancy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: GrabnerWG@-----.com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 1999 9:09 AM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] Lyons C clarinet
>
> In a message dated 10/14/99 7:12:31 AM Central Daylight Time,
> nebuckman@-----.us writes:
>
> << I actually own one of these and used it from 1995 to the very recent
> past
> for all my C clarinet orchestral work. The demand on me for C clarinet
> work
> has become great enough that I recently invested in a "real" C clarinet.
> >>
>
> Nancy, I'm interested, what was "lacking" in the Lyons C clarinet? Was it
> tone, lack of alternate fingerings, intonation faults?
>
> Also, open question for the list, would this instrument be appropriate for
>
> playing Klezmer?
>
> Walter Grabner
>
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