Klarinet Archive - Posting 000488.txt from 2000/02

From: "David Hughes" <dhughes@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Period Instrument Question
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 06:00:48 -0500

A Haydn period bass has 5 strings.

And a bass player from my orchestra (Bill Bentgen bentgen@-----.net) just
bought a modern 5-string bass. Feel free to ask him about how it's played.

> (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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