Klarinet Archive - Posting 000192.txt from 2003/02

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Mystery clarinets
Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2003 02:41:08 -0500

At 05:46 PM 2/7/2003 -0500, Fred Sheim wrote:
>If you tell me how, I might be able to identify French or German bore from
>the clarinets- they are right next to me!

Comparing MODERN clarinets, the German ones would have larger bores, I
believe. But large, cylindrical bores were the norm for French-style
clarinets back then, too. Some jazz players, like Fazola (Irving
Prestopnik), continued to play old large-bore Albert system clarinets well
beyond the time when they had fallen into general disuse.

Bill Hausmann

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

---------------------------------------------------------------------