Klarinet Archive - Posting 000397.txt from 2000/12

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: Re: [kl] War of the Tony`s
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 14:03:40 -0500

On Thu, 07 Dec 2000 13:40:18 -0500, alevin@-----.net said:

> Speaking of which: This morning I heard the Rondo of the Weber 1st
> with Tony Pay and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - a
> rollicking performance. What clarinet, mouthpiece and (if you can
> remember) reed combination did you use for it? It did not sound like a
> conventional Buffet or B & H Boehm.

It was a copy of a clarinet by Simiot (Lyons, c. 1800, 8 keys) made by
Daniel Bangham of Cambridge. I had one key added (Bb/F) because
Baermann had a 10-keyed clarinet by Griesling and Schlott (no surviving
examples), and because I needed any help I could get:-)

The mouthpiece was a copy of the original Simiot by Jon Steward, now of
Howarth & Co. and designer of the Howarth clarinet.

Reeds -- I can't remember. I think it was probably a hacked around
Mitchell Lurie 5. But you just try everything, and choose what works in
that field. Nowadays, I start with Vandoren V12 and go on from there.

But I'm open to suggestions!

One of the reasons why Legere reeds don't go on my modern setup is that
after my extended experience of playing old instruments, the standard
B45 setup just doesn't feel like a clarinet to me anymore. So I have a
more 'German' setup, even on a French or English clarinet, and that
makes those reeds stuff and buzz, because they're intended for the
French style mouthpieces. I haven't tried hacking them around, though.

By the way, Howarth are planning to make a different, more German-style
Boehm instrument, so that will be an interesting development if it's
successful.

(OK, I know I said that the clarinet is essentially 'done'. (But it's
more 'done' than computer software is:-))

Tony
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