Klarinet Archive - Posting 000656.txt from 2000/11

From: "Don Yungkurth" <clarinet@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Tony Pay Question
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 16:05:35 -0500

Tony Pay asked, concerning the use of string to lower the pitch of a
clarinet:

>Does anyone happen to know when and where the technique is first
>mentioned in the literature? Or if indeed it is mentioned?

Other than on this list, the only time I recall seeing anything about this
technique was in one of Jack Brymer's books, I believe, "From Where I Sit".
He discusses his early days playing on Albert system and playing in
orchestras with only a Bb instrument (can't recall if was Albert or Boehm at
that time) and mentions the use of string or rope to lower the pitch of a Bb
to approximate an A.

I don't own this book and therefore can't easily look up the quotation. As
I recall, he got by with this technique but indicated it wasn't completely
satisfactory.

I haven't heard anything about Brymer on this side of the water in a long
time, but know he had his 80th birthday a number of years ago. If he is
still in good health, you could ask him where he heard of the technique.

I can probably borrow his book if you would like an exact quotation.

Don Yungkurth (clarinet@-----.net)

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