Klarinet Archive - Posting 000544.txt from 2000/12

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Antique clarinets in Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 05:05:53 -0500

"Reed uppermost" seems to have been quite usual in the 18th century.
Roger S.

In message <3.0.1.32.20001208182902.01dc01a8@-----.org writes:
> 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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