Klarinet Archive - Posting 000775.txt from 2004/01

From: Gary Van Cott <gary@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] What is this?
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 17:09:12 -0500

I think that it is reasonable that this is what it is. Even though the
picture isn't very good, you can see that it is conical bore instrument
with a place for a double reed at the top. Someone else mentioned that it
has a brand name associated with Chinese instruments.

Gary
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At 01:49 PM 1/26/04, you wrote:
>On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 10:48:01 -0800, Gary Van Cott <gary@-----.com> wrote:
>
>>Here is a picture. It appears to be a larger size than what is in the
>>auction.
>>
>> ><http://www.musicofchina.com/suona.html>http://www.musicofchina.com/suon
>> a.html
>> >
>> >You see that it can be spelled SONA or SUONA. Same thing. The larger
>> instrument shown on the page above would be the match. The smaller
>> sona's do not have >keys. Both of course are double reeds, making them
>> Asian Oboes.
>> >
>> >Alan Kiss
>> >New Jersey
>>
>>Gary
>
>Is that really what we're seeing in the auction? As others have said,
>it's hard to tell because the picture is small, but to my inexperienced
>eyes, it looks like that instrument has ordinary Albert-system keywork.
>Could this not just be an Albert-system G or Ab clarinet with an unusually
>large metal bell?
>
>As they say in medical school, if you hear hoofbeats in the hall, think
>horses, not zebras.
>
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