Klarinet Archive - Posting 001199.txt from 2003/04

From: Dan Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Mozart's 12 duets for 2 basset horns
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 00:48:55 -0400

Anne Lenoir wrote:
> Dan, I am gradually getting it straightened out. I now know that you and
> David Schifrin play basset clarinets in A, and that I want to buy a
> basset horn in F someday, and that it is musically acceptable to play
> the Mozart Divertimenti, even though some people may think that Mozart
> didn't write them.

I do not play a basset clarinet in A (or any other key). I wanted to
buy a pair of basset clarinets, one in A and one in B-flat for use as my
regular orchestral instruments but no one would make one for me in
B-flat at that time. Today, I suspect that Fox will make a pair but
that's too late for me.

> Dan, when I went back to look on Steve Fox's website, he talked
> about "basset horns" in 3 sizes, the smallest one using a regular
> clarinet mouthpiece. Was the basset horn with the small bore a basset
> horn in F? ANNIE

All basset horns are in F. I don't think that anyone could buy such an
instrument in any other key. The one with the smallest bore size is the
one both Keith and I have.

Dam

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