Klarinet Archive - Posting 000229.txt from 2001/11

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Non-Boehm Clarinets (sandee)
Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 06:22:29 -0500

At 10:37 AM 11/6/2001 +0800, you wrote:
>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...
>
>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....

I stand corrected. That DOES look an awful lot like an Albert!

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.com
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Essexville, MI 48732 ICQ UIN 4862265

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