Klarinet Archive - Posting 000451.txt from 2001/08

From: Gary Truesdail <gir@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Recording Methods
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 03:28:38 -0400

Bunny Barrigan's band did the megaphone thing with the clarinets in his
band. The difference was that each player had his instrument placed
completely inside the megaphone and their hands also went inside through
holes cut in the side of the. The small end had the mouthpiece coming
out so they could play and the large end would be pointed at the mic or
the audience (easy to do when you are on a stage or risers). It had the
effect of amplifying what would normally have been played at mp or
softer, especially subtones in the low range. The players did not have
to push hard as they normally did to balance with the rest of the band
and so were able to create a full but subtle-tone. Now that has me
really thinking, I don't know what the 'bleep' I am talking about. What
does subtone really mean? It is not in my Random House or World Book
dictionaries and the real dictionaries are in boxes in the garage attic
and it is 12:25 am. Wont be able to go to sleep unless someone gives me
the skinny on this word. Does it mean 'below the normal tone' or
subtle-tone.

GaryT

HatNYC62@-----.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 8/27/01 4:14:54 AM, klarinet-digest-help@-----.org writes:
>
> << I'm also listening to "Clarinet Classics" re-issue of
> the original Neilsen recordings, Concerto by Louis
> Cahuzac and Quintet and Serenata in Vano with Aage
> Oxenvad himself. These guys sound great, I can't
> believe they got the clarinet sound full and not
> sounding like the players were recording into that
> oversize bullhorn they used to use. >>
>
> Just for the record, these are not acoustical recordings. If I remember
> correctly, these recordings are from the 1940s. Acoustical recording methods,
> which used the bullhorn or funnel shaped recording pickups, were supplanted
> around 1925 (depending on the country) by microphones and amplifiers, just
> like we use today. In either case, acoustical or electrical, they used 78
> rpm discs for the master takes. Each side lasted about 4 1/2 minutes and no
> splicing was possible within a side.
>
> David Hattner, NYC
> www.northbranchrecords.com
>
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