Klarinet Archive - Posting 000895.txt from 2004/10

From: Tony Pay <tony.p@-----.org>
Subj: [kl] Basset clarinets, bassethorns
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 17:34:04 -0400

Thing is, there is a bassethorn in F, and there was a bassethorn in G.

We could have called Stadler's instruments 'bassethorns in A and Bb', but
there are already well-established clarinets in those keys.

So we coined the names, 'basset clarinet in A' and 'basset clarinet in Bb',
the word 'basset' signifying the low C extension, as on the bassethorns.

And, come on, it doesn't matter what you *call* things.

Tony
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