Klarinet Archive - Posting 000146.txt from 2002/04

From: Dan Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Another type of slide
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 13:51:09 -0500

Bill Hausmann wrote:
>
> At 05:04 PM 4/2/2002 -0800, Kelly Abraham wrote:
> >Any music store people know more about the full boehm
> >system and where to get it? Lisa A. from International
> >Music Suppliers? Bill H.?
>
> The main purpose of the full-Boehm Bb seems to be to allow transposition of
> A clarinet parts without running out of notes at the bottom. That seems to
> be more popular in Italy than in other places for some reason. Full-Boehm
> clarinets do occasionally show up on eBay.
>
> Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.net

The reason why Italy, more than almost any other country, used the full
Boehm B-flat clarinet was for the purpose of transposition as Bill
Hausmann suggests. However, that reason was driven by poverty because
the families of most young players could not afford an A clarinet.

There was a player at the Met who only owned one clarinet, and when I
asked him why he indicated that his family could not afford an A
clarinet so he mastered the art of transposition to an amazing degree.

Dan
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