Klarinet Archive - Posting 000331.txt from 2000/12

From: "Shaw, Kenneth" <KShaw@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Interesting Octavin on eBay
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 13:12:24 -0500

There's an unusual and interesting instrument on eBay -- an Octavin -- at
<http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item@-----.

It's an attempt to make an instrument that overblows at the octave while
sounding like a clarinet instead of a saxophone. It has a down-and-up bore
like a bassoon, with the minimum possible cone profile.

I played one at Charlie Ponte's music store many years ago. Because of the
strong even partials, it sounded and blew more like a saxophone than a
clarinet, but you could make a closer approach to a clarinet sound than you
could on a more severely conical instrument. With a relatively small bore,
it did not sound at all like a tarogato.

The one I tried was not in perfect condition and didn't seem like a very
satisfactory design. The compromise bore made the response unstable, and it
was still a lot closer to a saxophone than a clarinet.

Has anyone else come across something like this?

Best regards.

Ken Shaw

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