Klarinet Archive - Posting 000221.txt from 2001/11

From: "Klumpes, Ron" <Ron.Klumpes@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Non-Boehm Clarinets (sandee)
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 21:37:24 -0500

On Tuesday, 6 November 2001 11:31, Bill Hausmann wrote:

>Nobody makes Albert system clarinets any more, although some players,
>particularly Dixieland jazz players, still like them. Oehler (German)
>system clarinets are made by several companies, and are often the only ones

><allowed in some schools and orchestras, particularly Viennese ones. The
>Oehler system is basically an improved Albert system.

I beg to differ. Look at this site:

http://www.amati.cz/english/production/instruments/files/acl/acl_242g.htm

What's shown there is for all intents and purposes an Albert system - it has
none of the "german" (i.e. Oehler or Schmidt-Kolbe) applicature extras.

I've still got one (a previous Amati model), and play it when marching in
the blazing summer heat in the Red Centre, and play my Wurlitzers when
inside....

/Ron Klumpes,
Alice Springs, Oz

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