Klarinet Archive - Posting 000195.txt from 2003/02

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Mystery clarinets
Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2003 04:12:41 -0500

My French (Buffet) instrument from the 1890s doesn't have an enormous bore -
it appears to be just under 15 mm at the bottom of the top joint.
Furthermore, the bore is far from cylindrical throughout - it is clearly
coned outwards both at the top and (more so) at the bottom.
Roger S.

n message <5.1.1.6.0.20030208002113.03273960@-----.org writes:
> 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!
>
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