Klarinet Archive - Posting 000903.txt from 2003/03

From: Gary Truesdail <gir@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Cylinders vs. Cones (was: Introduction)
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 01:46:35 -0500

Better yet - I used to have a Saxoboe that used the miniature clarinet
mouthpiece. The instrument had a metal body and had the standard sax
fingering system with an oboe bore. It sounded like an oboe with more
power. I was told it was designed to be played in outside performances.

GaryT

"B. Rite" wrote:

> I found a description (Benade, "Horns, Strings, and Harmony", pg 200 in
> paperback) of a commercially manufactured 'miniature' clarinet
> mouthpiece which allows a clarinet player to double on oboe without
> using a double reed, but while still producing a 'NORMAL' oboe sound.

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