Klarinet Archive - Posting 000426.txt from 2003/10

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Basset Clarinet Alert
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 18:23:27 -0400

At 08:27 AM 10/14/2003 -0500, Mark Thiel wrote:
>Bill Hausmann wrote:
> >There is a Selmer basset clarinet on eBay right now:
>
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2564786914&category=10182
>
>They claim: ". . .the clarinet recreated to perform the Mozart clarinet
>concerto and quintet the way it was written and initially performed." Ooo,
>if they only knew what a debate _that_ claim would initiate.
>It seems to have a fitting for a peg on the bell. Is that standard? Or is
>the fitting for a lyre to use when doing the Mozart in marching band?

It is a floor peg holder, which I believe are more or less standard on
basset clarinets. I think the listing said the peg was missing, but you
can get another. Probably the same piece as the bass peg.

Bill Hausmann

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

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