Klarinet Archive - Posting 001304.txt from 2004/03

From: Georg.Kuehner@-----.de (Georg K=?ISO-8859-1?B?/A==?=hner)
Subj: Re: [kl] German bass clarinet bore
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 08:40:59 -0500

Am 23.03.2004 11:21 Uhr schrieb "David Glenn" unter
<maestrodavidglenn@-----.com>:

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> DATE: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 09:31:53
> From: Nick Shackleton <njs5@-----.uk>
> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
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>> 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 th=
e
>> conductor and to the audience. Nick
>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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> 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 cal=
led
> bel canto bass clarinet which has a "Boehm bore" and German system finger=
ing.
> That seems to me to be the worst of both worlds.
> David
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Hello David,

Never heard of a thing called bel canto bass clarinet!! Where can I find
such a thing?

Gru=DF Georg K=FChner

Georg K=FChner
Klarinetten, Saxophone
Salonorchester an der P=E4dagogischen Hochschule HD
alias "Heidelberger Saloniker"

Telefon 0621 527962
Mobiltelefon 0179 7762757

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