Klarinet Archive - Posting 001302.txt from 2004/03

From: "H. de Nijs" <h.denijs@-----.nl>
Subj: RE: [kl] German bass clarinet bore
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 06:14:54 -0500

Nick,

I have measured the bore of my Fritz Wurlitzer bass in german system till
low C from 1964: 19,4 mm. Sound is small, focussed and very sonore. I love
it very much.
As Glenn said also in Holland quite a lot of players are switching to the
boehm bass (Selmer or Buffet), maybe also due to the very high prices for
the german system (Oehler or reform-boehm). Also the firm Johanna Kronthaler
offers recently a bass clarinet till low C in german system but with a wider
(boehm) bore.
See www.kronthaler-klarinetten.de. (German language)

Hans

-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: David Glenn [mailto:maestrodavidglenn@-----.com]
Verzonden: dinsdag 23 maart 2004 11:21
Aan: klarinet@-----.org
Onderwerp: Re: [kl] German bass clarinet bore

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--------- Original Message ---------

DATE: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 09:31:53
From: Nick Shackleton <njs5@-----.uk>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Cc:

>I have just measured an Oscar Oehler bass clarinet from the early 20th
>century and it is 19.9 mm. Around 1970 I changed from doing a lot of
>orchestral playing on an old low-Eflat French bass clarinet, to a German
>system small bore instrument. To me the Boehm instrument had the bigger
>sound, but actually the German instrument carried much better both to the
>conductor and to the audience. Nick
>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Hi Nick,
I agree that the narrow bore instruments tend to carry well. I enjoy the
sound more too. As Alan once put it, it sounds more like a clarinet. That
much more of a pity that more and more German orchestra players are starting
to use Boehm bass clarinets (mainly Selmer). Another strange thing is the so
called bel canto bass clarinet which has a "Boehm bore" and German system
fingering. That seems to me to be the worst of both worlds.
David

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