Klarinet Archive - Posting 000274.txt from 2001/01

From: Jim Bartram <jbartram@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] bass clarinet question
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 23:08:42 -0500

Bill Hausmann wrote:

>Wow! I've never seen an Albert system bass clarinet before. Cool! The=20
>two register keys are necessary because the automatic register keys we find=
=20
>on modern bass clarinets had not been invented yet. Some pre-1910=20
>saxophones are like this, too, and you have to switch keys when you go up=
=20
>past G.
>

I have a H=FCller bass clarinet, made in Germany sometime between the late=
20's
and the late=20
'30s, that is also Albert system. It's a very nice horn, plays well in tune=
and
sounds great. I just had it overhauled this summer. The mouthpiece is=
original
and has grooves for tying the reed on!

--Jim

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