Klarinet Archive - Posting 000795.txt from 2003/04

From: "Kevin Fay" <kevinfay@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Basset/Alto
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 00:42:11 -0400

Wayne posted:

<<<Turns out that my friend had just bought a Selmer narrow bore Bassethorn
and was looking for opportunities to play it. He was transposing the alto
parts in the other pieces. It seems to me better to own a bassethorn than
an alto clarinet (for the chance to play the Grand Partita if for no other
reason); do you think many people have done this?>>>

At least one - when he played with the Washington Wind Symphony some years
ago, my friend Dan Dow used his narrow-bore Selmer basset to play any
necessary alto clarinet parts. We liked his sound.

kjf

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