Klarinet Archive - Posting 000021.txt from 2005/06

From: "Matthew Lloyd" <matthew@-----.uk>
Subj: RE: [kl] Bb versus C Clarinet?
Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 17:24:57 -0400

Danyel,

You say that "today [the C clarinet] is almost exclusively made and used
as a
starting instrument for children (for whom the stretch on the Bb is too
much)."

I'm afraid this is nonsense. There are indeed clarinets of this
description (the Lyons instrument) but these are not typical.

Most makers have a top flight C clarinet. Do you really think Buffet
make the Prestige instrument for children?

The C clarinet is, as you will have read, an important part of an
orchestral players armoury. Playing C parts on the Bb or A is plain
wrong, as indeed it would be if you were to play them on an oboe.

Matthew

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