Klarinet Archive - Posting 000350.txt from 2005/06

From: "Dan Leeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Basset clarinets are regular orchestral instruments
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 10:35:41 -0400

It is possible that I did have the wrong catalog. It was more Kloc's
reaction to my question about why there were no basset clarinets in the
catalog that caused my mindset. Keep in mind that a basset clarinet is a
soprano clarinet and should have been present along with all the jillions of
other soprano clarinets, while a basset horn is not and may well belong in a
separate catalog.

DNL

-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph Wakeling [mailto:joseph.wakeling@-----.net]
Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 7:36 AM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: Re: [kl] Basset clarinets are regular orchestral instruments

Dan Leeson wrote:

> I'd like to restate what caused my call to action. I picked up the
> Buffet catalog at the Norman, OK convention, and there were six models
> of clarinets (perhaps more, I didn't count carefully but certainly
> six), from the highrest price professional clarinets to the more
> modest ones for student use. There were no basset horns OR basset
> clarinets present.

Just to be sure---Buffet has two different catalogues, one for the
soprano clarinets (Bb, A, C, Eb and D) and one for the "harmony"
instruments which were, last time I looked (which was some time ago)
basset clarinet in A, basset horn, bass clarinet and contra-alto
clarinet. You're sure you didn't just have the wrong catalogue?

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