Klarinet Archive - Posting 001324.txt from 2000/06

From: "Ian Black" <clarinet1@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] E-11
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 15:15:05 -0400

AFAIK None of Buffet's competitors make an E-11;-)

Ian

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From: <mus_ldj@-----.edu>
Subject: Re: [kl] C clarinet (was:clefs & transposition, was oboe fingerings)

> Is the E-11 Buffet horns much better than the competitors?
>
> "Kevin Fay (LCA)" wrote:
>
> > on 6/23/00 12:25 AM, Ann Satterfield wrote:
> >
> > >I haven't heard a C clarinet live yet, but was facinated when i heard a
> > >discussion and some examples on NPR program.
> > >
> > >So now I try to go towards the tone color when playing a C part.
> > >
> > >Geez, do you think that some of those composers *knew* what they were
> > >doing?
> >
> > . . . and David Niethamer replied:
> >
> > <<<Absolutely, and the more actual C clarinet I play, the more I believe it.
> > Even Beethoven, and that was a surprise to me. Check out the last movement
> > of Beethoven 5, playing C clarinet with oboes and trumpets.>>>
> >
> > There was a large string on C clarinets a while ago. While it's possible
> > that Beethoven used the different keyed clarinets out of the need to make
> > the passages lie well, there is no question that more modern composers
> > clearly wanted the "brighter" (sorry, Dan -- let's just say different) tone
> > color of the smaller instrument.
> >
> > The best example I can proffer would be Richard Strauss' symphony "The Happy
> > Workshop" -- great piece, 5 clarinet parts. (1 C, 2 Bb, 1 basset horn, 1
> > bass). I bought my C to play this piece -- the tone color variation is
> > clearly the reason for the separate part. (A good thing, too, 'cuz the C
> > part is pretty much unplayable on the Bb!).
> >
> > My C is a Noblet 45, which was the only instrument that anyone in the
> > country seemed to have in stock at the time I needed to buy it. I have
> > heard that Buffet is now marketing an E-11 in C. Has anyone tried one? They
> > are listed for less $$$ than the Noblet in the mail order catalogs; if the
> > intonation is as good as the Bb E-11 (i.e., better than the Noblet!) it
> > would seem to be a spectacular bargain.
> >
> > kjf
> >
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