Klarinet Archive - Posting 000467.txt from 2000/12

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Antique clarinets in Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 18:29:02 -0500

At 05:15 PM 12/8/2000 EST, LeliaLoban wrote:
>Tony Pay wrote,
>>>Is that as I would imagine, a function of the display, or is there
>>>independent evidence that determines the 'reed uppermost' configuration?
>
>The clarinet had a separate mouthpiece that could have been turned either
>way. The curator must have decided it belonged reed-up, but I don't know
>why. It was frustrating to find so little information available about this
>display! Sorry I can't give a better answer.

Has it not been discussed in this forum before that one very early school
of clarinet playing did indeed play with the reed on top?

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