Klarinet Archive - Posting 000033.txt from 2001/03

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: Re: [kl] Strange clarinet, finding key/pitch?
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 04:16:48 -0500

On Thu, 1 Mar 2001 20:31:15 -0500, nocturne@-----.com said:

> (* This clarinet was sold in an odd old 3-clarinet case with two other
> longer clarinets of identical keywork, S/N J1xx and K4xx, which after
> a bit of testing I find are definitely modern-pitch A and Bb
> instruments, respectively.)

Then, given your experiments, it's probably a clarinet in B natural,
isn't it? I seem to remember hearing that Buffet-Crampon made them, but
I've never seen one.

I wonder who originally owned these instruments? I'd have expected a C
clarinet in such a case, because there's almost no repertoire for the B
clarinet that I know of.

Anyway, you're lucky. Now you can play one number in Cosi fan tutte as
Mozart originally wrote it:-)

Tony
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