Klarinet Archive - Posting 000755.txt from 2000/04

From: Andrea Bergamin <a.bergamin@-----.it>
Subj: Re: [kl] Silent clarinet (was Laying Off)
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 17:54:40 -0400

> Unfortunately, acoustically, the system does not work so well for
> woodwinds. Too many holes for the sound to escape from. I have seen a
> muting device for saxophone that is, in effect, a gig bag with holes in it
> into which you can insert your hands and a hole for the neck to stick out
> the top. They advertise a 70% reduction in sound.
>

In the opera "Iris" of Mascagni, the clarinet has to play whit a muting
device. It is a box whit two holes for the hands.

I've found this in Casella-Mortari "La tecnica dell'orchestra
contemporanea".

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