Klarinet Archive - Posting 000062.txt from 2002/06

From: w7wright@-----.net (William Wright)
Subj: Re: [kl] Why play the Period Clarinet?
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 01:25:36 -0400

<><> Walter Grabner wrote:
I just bought a period clarinet. It's a six-key boxwood clarinet
[snip] It appears very similar to clarinets made in London in the
1820's, as they appear in various publications.

I'm looking at a photograph (Jack Brymer, "Clarinet", Fig. 7) whose
caption is: "6-key clarinet circa 1820". The barrel in this
photograph is at least 'bulbous', perhaps spherical, on the exterior.
I'm wondering about the bore inside.

Does your clarinet have such a barrel? If so, is the bore spherical?

Thank you,
Bill

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