Klarinet Archive - Posting 000910.txt from 2003/03

From: "Kent Krive" <k.krive@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Cylinders vs. Cones (was: Introduction)
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 10:56:49 -0500

And who could forget Phil Sirrine's "claribone" featured in the Scottville
Clown Band!

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From: "Gary Truesdail" <gir@-----.net>
Subject: Re: [kl] Cylinders vs. Cones (was: Introduction)

> 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
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> "B. Rite" wrote:
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> > 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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