Klarinet Archive - Posting 000252.txt from 2003/06

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Artie Shaw
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 06:44:02 -0400

At 08:34 AM 6/10/2003 +0000, harold troughton wrote:
>I have been intrigued by the Begin the Beguine postings & wondered if
>anyone knows which instument Artie Shaw regularly used ? I have heard he
>played a very wide-bore conn clarinet & i would love to hear from
>clsrinet posters who know better.

Most clarinets of the time ran about a .590 cylindrical bore, like the
Selmer Balanced Tone and Centered Tone models. I believe I have seen Shaw
pictured with a Conn.

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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