Klarinet Archive - Posting 000411.txt from 2001/11

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: Re: [kl] Ottensteiner Clarinets
Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2001 07:16:19 -0500

On Fri, 9 Nov 2001 21:47:23 EST, MVinquist@-----.com said:

> Tony Pay wrote:
>
> > [In the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, for Borodin], both I
> > and the second clarinet used (Seggelke) copies of the Ottensteiner
> > instruments that belonged to Muehlfeld, which are still in the
> > museum at Meiningen.
>
> Tony -
>
> Keith Puddy had an Ottensteiner Bb owned by Muehlfeld put in playing
> condition a few years ago and recorded the Brahms sonatas on it. Have
> you had a chance to play it?

No, I never did, unfortunately. However, Nick Shackleton has a brother
(or sister) Ottensteiner to the Muehlfeld instruments, an A clarinet,
that I have played and recorded the Brahms Quintet on.

> How does the Seggelke copy compare?

It's similar, but not so nice. Old instruments almost always go better
than copies, although there are some exceptions.

> What do you use for a mouthpiece?

A cast of a Poschl mouthpiece belonging to Nick Shackleton, relaid by
Jon Steward. I couldn't get Seggelke's copies of the Muehlfeld
mouthpieces to go.

> What are the reeds like?

Awful, of course. What did you think?-)

(I described what I do, though, in the other thread.)

Tony
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