Klarinet Archive - Posting 000273.txt from 2001/05

From: Bilwright@-----.net (William Wright)
Subj: Re: [kl] Swiss clarinet symposium and Hoprich's low B-natural
Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 11:08:20 -0400

<><> Dan Leeson wrote:
The fact that a basset horn had such low notes has never been without
absolute proof. Such is not the case for the basset clarinet.

Perhaps these are amateurish questions, but I ask them because I
don't know the answers:

(1) Is there a clearly defined distinction between basset 'horn' and
basset 'clarinet'? The Harvard Dictionary talks about a straight tube
rather than an extension via box or curve, and a Brymer book talks about
length alone (regardless of how the extra length is achieved). Or am
I completely off base, and the defining difference is bore shape or
something else entirely?

Do any of Cindy Christensen's photographs show the difference? And for
that matter, in Cindy's photo of Stalder, what is the name of the horn
with the bend and the 'trumpet' bell?

(2) Do all 'bulbous' shaped bells of approximately the same size share
the same basic sound (for low notes)? Or, as with mouthpieces, would a
difference that is not obvious without measurting instruments --- such
as would not appear in a freehand drawing for a concert program --- make
a big difference in the low sound?

Thank you,
Bill

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