Klarinet Archive - Posting 000750.txt from 2004/01

From: "James Fay" <n3hpz@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] What is this?
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 11:36:37 -0500

Looks like a taragato to me also, although I've not seen a metal bell
before.

--Jim Fay

-----Original Message-----
From: Forest Aten [mailto:forestaten@-----.net]
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 11:28 AM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: Re: [kl] What is this?

It appears to be a Taragato.

http://www.nbucknall.co.uk/music2.html
To listen to what it sounds like.

I've seen and heard them played in Egypt...in popular bands. Hot!

They do use a double reed. Very short reed. I have a primitive wooden
version. Conical and even with a double reed sounds very much like a
saxophone.

Forest Aten

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Van Cott" <gary@-----.com>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 10:13 AM
Subject: Re: [kl] What is this?

> Because the top end looks so small that all you could do is insert a
double
> reed. It is also too conical in shape to be a member of the clarinet
family.
>
> Gary
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> At 08:08 AM 1/26/04, you wrote:
> >Gary Van Cott wrote:
> >
> > > It looks like a metal, double-reed instrument.
> > > I would guess it was some kind of "folk"
> > > instrument.
> >
> >
> >
> >Out of curiosity, why do you say double reed rather than one of those
> >cheapie 13-key or 14-key clarinets?
> >
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