Klarinet Archive - Posting 000583.txt from 2001/03

From: Daniel Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] basset horn reeds
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 21:29:00 -0500

Roger, I am not in the least looking for this or any argument. Someone
else quoted me and you zap me for that quotation.

While I have made statements in the past about narrow bore vs large bore
basset horns, I have made no statement in the last year at least. So
are you criticizing me for a statement that someone else made using my
name?

Do we need this argument? Do you really want one?

rgarrett@-----.edu wrote:
>
> At 05:16 PM 03/21/2001 -0700, you wrote:
> >of what I know from Dan Leeson's assertions: that you do not have an
> >actual basset horn, but rather, an alto clarinet pitched in F with a C
> >extension. *grin*
>
> In this instance, Dan Leeson is incorrect. As automobiles imporove in
> design, we can safely say that the current models look and drive nothing
> like the original models. Yet - they are still automobiles. The standard
> and modern Boehm clarinet is nothing like the five key predecessor of the
> early 1800's, yet we still call it a clarinet. Therefore, I would submit
> to you that the current Buffet Prestige Basset Horn is a true basset
> horn. That it is similar in design to the modern alto clarinet does not
> mean that it is an alto clarinet in F.
>
> Best wishes,
> Roger Garrett
>
> Roger Garrett
> Clarinet Professor
> Director, Symphonic Winds
> Illinois Wesleyan University
> School of Music
> Bloomington, IL 61702-2900
> Phone: (309) 556-3268
> Fax: (309) 556-3121
>
> From the London Daily News, circa 1926:
>
> "The saxophone is a long metal instrument bent at both ends. It is alleged
> to be musical. As regards markings, the creature has a series of tiny taps
> stuck upon it, apparently at random. These taps are very sensitive: when
> touched they cause the instrument to utter miserable sounds suggesting
> untold agony. Sometimes it bursts into tears. At either end there is a
> hole. People, sometimes for no reason at all, blow down the small end of
> the saxophone which then shrieks and moans."
>
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