Klarinet Archive - Posting 000023.txt from 2000/05

From: Noelette Stout <clarinets@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Re: [Re: [kl] Early Beethoven, etc...]
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 07:38:34 -0400

"Dodgshun family" <dodgshun@-----.nz> wrote:
>>> this what is known as a basset clarinet or some adaptation of it?<<

>>It's an extended bass clarinet, and I guess it is the same as a basset
clarinet, now I think about it.<<<

Well, I might be the only one going nuts about this, but.... A low C bass=
is
NOT the same as a basset clarinet. Every reference I've ever seen about a=

basset clarinet lists it as a an A clarinet with range extended to low C.=

Leblanc has such a basset clarinet along with the more familiar basset ho=
rn in
F. A low C bass clarinet is just that, a bass clarinet. A basset clarinet=

still retains the characteristics of the soprano clarinet.

@-----.com about the LeBlanc:

"Leblanc Basset Clarinet Model 1756S
Pitched in the key of A, the Leblanc basset clarinet possesses the mechan=
ical
facility and richness of the A clarinet but with an extended range to low=
C
providing fuller, richer tone for notes in this normally weaker register.=
"

Noelette Stout
clarinets@-----.net

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