Klarinet Archive - Posting 000466.txt from 2000/02

From: Fred Jacobowitz <fredj@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Period Instrument Question
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 12:23:15 -0500

Jim,
Even today some Bass players have basses with 5 strings. It is not
unusual. So I suspect it wasn't very unusual then to have 5 strings.

Fred Jacobowitz
Clarinet/Sax Instructor, Peabody Preparatory

On Wed, 9 Feb 2000, J. Hobby wrote:

> (Yes, I know this isn't about clarinets, but I thought someone on here might
> know the answer.)
>
> While watching Classic Arts TV on satellite (my background noise while
> working) I saw a performance of the allegro from Haydn's Symphony 23 in G.
> Performance was by the Orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music, Hogwood,
> conducting, of course. There were several close-ups of the contrabass. It
> *appeared* to have either five or six strings instead of the four I'm used
> to seeing.
>
> Was this correct or was it an optical delusion on my part? If it did, can
> someone point me to a place to see how it's played (compared to the
> four-stringed model.)
>
> (I now return control to your local clarinet.)
>
> Jim Hobby
>
>
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