Klarinet Archive - Posting 000854.txt from 2003/04

From: "Patricia A. Smith" <patricia@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Attn, Dan; was, Basset/Alto
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 00:43:10 -0400

Bill Hausmann wrote:
> At 11:03 AM 4/18/2003 +0100, Matthew Lloyd wrote:
>
>> So Selmer do one?
>>
>> Any idea of the model number?
>
>
> From Selmer catalog:
>
> Selmer Model 25 F Basset Horn. .621" bore, range to low C, 21 keys -- 7
> covered finger holes, floor peg, played with standard Selmer (Paris) Bb
> clarinet mouthpiece.
>
> For comparison, the Model 22 Eb Alto Clarinet has a .668 bore.

Since my question ventures into that nasty weird area that can be
troublesome, I'm going to direct this question to Dan Leeson, but anyone
else feel free to also chip in.

Dan, you have made much mention of the fact that when using descriptions
of sound quality, one must be able to back up these descriptions with
quatifiable facts. (At least that is how I understand what you have
written. If I am incorrect I apologize!)

At any rate, you have extensive experience performing on the basset
horn, and have owned quite a few of these beasts. Given the statistics
above, what does this tell us of the respective characteristics of the
respective sounds of these two instruments? I am completely serious. I
was quite surprised, by the way, to find that the alto clarinet had
larger bore measurments.

Patricia Smith

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