Klarinet Archive - Posting 000476.txt from 2000/06

From: "Alf Hörberg" <alf.horberg@-----.se>
Subj: SV: SV: [kl] Picture of Stadler's Basset Clarinet available on Sneezy.Org
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 19:35:26 -0400

My basset-keys setup is the same as yours. The rest is basically a 5-key
setup with one extra key for F/C. The bell section has a Viennese box with a
brass bell. I play it with a strap.

Eric has open keys for C ,C#, D, closed D#. The keys are connected like a
Grenser basset-horn. The rest is 5-key system with an extra F/C-key. He
turns the bulbous bell out from the body and not like the drawing.

Alf
----- Original Message -----
From: Tony Pay <Tony@-----.uk>
Subject: Re: SV: [kl] Picture of Stadler's Basset Clarinet available on
Sneezy.Org

> On Tue, 13 Jun 2000 23:43:56 +0200, alf.horberg@-----.se said:
>
> > Tony, what design does your basset-clarinet have and who made it? I
> > have a Viennese basset-horn design with an angular barrel
> > ("Lotz-style"). No angel at the middle. It was made by Toru Sakamoto
> > when he lived in Holland. It plays really well.
>
> Mine is a copy of a Kaspar Tauber Viennese clarinet, scaled to A=430 by
> Nick Shackleton, made by Daniel Bangham, tuned by Ted Planas. We then
> decided that Ted had made the bore extension too modern, and replaced
> the bottom joint -- but that was after both recordings (concerto and
> quintet).
>
> It's more complicated than Eric's -- I have Eb, C# and B keys in the
> lower register (but I would like an angel in the middle:-)
>
> The extension is diatonic, in the sense that playing low E, only the D
> and C keys are open. The D# and C# are obtained by pushing D+D# and
> C+C# respectively.
>
> It's straight, standard bell, with angled barrel. The low notes are
> quite strong enough!
>
> Of course, it was made in 1984, well before all this Russian evidence.
> I like it very much.
>
> > What do you think of the drawing? It looks diatonic in the basset range
> > since there are only two basset-keys visible. Maybe this was his
> > Bb-instrument. The Bb-repertoire doesn't require a chromatic setup.
>
> I think it's very difficult to tell what's what. Those keys look like
> they could be artist's impressions of the low E and F# keys to me. But
> on the whole I don't think it's a 'proper' drawing at all.
>
> The one thing that's clear is the Buffet logo^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hvent
> on the knee-joint;-)
>
> Tony
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