Klarinet Archive - Posting 001187.txt from 2004/03

From: Georg.Kuehner@-----.de (Georg K=?ISO-8859-1?B?/A==?=hner)
Subj: Re: [kl] German bass clarinet bore
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 10:14:48 -0500

Am 20.03.2004 3:39 Uhr schrieb "George Kidder" unter <gkidder@-----.org>:

> Some days ago, someone suggested that the mouthpieces used on German bass
> clarinets were different because the bore was smaller. Walter G. even
> mentioned that someone was playing a German instrument with an alto
> clarinet mouthpiece - and the bore of an alto is quite a bit smaller.
> I own an old Kohlert bass which measures between 22.6 and 23 mm (0.890 an=
d
> 0.906 inches) at the bottom of the upper joint - it's not quite round any
> more. When I compare this to the listed bores for bass clarinets current=
ly
> on sale, the smallest is 23.2 mm (0.913 inches) [two Amati's], the larges=
t
> is 25.1 mm (0.988 inches) [Selmer Mod. 40] and the average of 15 listed
> bores is 23.9 mm (0.940 inches). (No bores listed for Buffet in this
> catalog.) So my Kohlert is smaller than any listed horn, and about 1.1
> mm (0.041 inch) smaller than the average catalog horn.
>=20
> Since this instrument, although Boehm, is of German make, I am now
> wondering what the bore of the present German bass clarinets might
> be. Anyone know?
> George

The bore of my German System Hammerschmidt down to deep C bass clarinet
(made in the late 1960s) is 20mm at the bottom of the upper joint.

Gru=DF Georg K=FChner

Georg K=FChner
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