Klarinet Archive - Posting 001310.txt from 2004/03

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] German bass clarinet bore
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 11:19:50 -0500

I think you've hit the nauil on the head - *nobody*
has bothered to design a Boehm bass.
Roger S.

In message <1e0.1bfb3fde.2d91aaaa@-----.org writes:
> What, then, is the logic of the big bore basses? What are the pros and cons?
> Are the small bore instruments harder to play? In this thread a number of
> you have said you like the smaller bore german basses. In other previous
> threads, people have said they like the smaller bore basset horns despite the fact
> that makers have been increasing the size of the bore in recent years. And I,
> a brand new (boehm) bass player, feel as if the bass has never been designed;
> the clarion seems to be an afterthought, being so different in response from
> the chalameau.
>
> Wayne Thompson
>
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