Klarinet Archive - Posting 000542.txt from 2002/12

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] HP/LP was Re: [kl] Clarinet Question
Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2002 17:11:51 -0500

At 12:32 PM 12/21/2002 -0800, Gary Van Cott wrote:
>Apropos, of this discussion . . . Is anyone aware of any efforts to use
>vintage instruments (HP or not) to recreate the sound of a traditional
>jazz band of 80 years or a concert band (think Sousa) of 100 years ago?
>
>I think it would be interesting to hear what the use of vintage cornets,
>Db piccolos, Eb horns, etc. would sound like.

I can't cite you a reference, but I KNOW such things have been done,
including using early saxophones with large-chambered rubber mouthpieces in
a jazz band to get the correct vintage sound.

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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