Klarinet Archive - Posting 000548.txt from 2000/12

From: "Tony Wakefield" <tony-wakefield@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Reed uppermost
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 07:22:42 -0500

I hear "stories" of some Spanish and Eastern European hill domiciling
"peasants" still playing with the reed uppermost. Can anyone verify this?
Tony W.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger Shilcock"

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

> > Bill Hausmann

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