Klarinet Archive - Posting 001163.txt from 2003/03

From: "Keith" <100012.1302@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] C clarinet, D Clarinet, Bb Clarinet, A Clarinet, Eb Clarinet.....
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 06:05:29 -0500

Dan, thou art undone. CHOCOLATE FUDGE indeed??? Don't you ever dare
whine about dark toners again!!!

But I still regret not bidding for your ex-bass in A when it came up on
ebay. It did look gorgeous. But I thought I'd have had to kill too many
people before I got a chance to play it in a Wagner opera.

Very interesting about the different character of the A bass - I had
thought that there would be a relatively insignificant difference to the
Bb on an instrument that size, but evidently not.

Keith Bowen

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Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 18:22:22 -0800
From: Dan Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
Subject: Re: [kl] C clarinet, D Clarinet, Bb Clarinet, A Clarinet, Eb
Clarinet.....
Bass Clarinet in A
Message-ID: <3E83B1DE.2020409@-----.net>

At one time they were simply available when you wanted them. Today you
have to special order them. When I played Nutcracker on an A bass, I
was a happy camper because a lot of crap that I had played for years in
difficult transpositions on the B-flat bass suddently became very easy.

But more important was the fact that the A bass had a magnificent
character. It was like playing on chocolate fudge.

Dan
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