Klarinet Archive - Posting 000501.txt from 2005/06

From: Joseph Wakeling <joseph.wakeling@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Schubert "Arpeggione"
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 07:39:34 -0400

danyel wrote:

> Did you consider the bassett clarinet in A? I don't have the original
> here at the moment, what's the lowest sounding pitch used by Schubert?
> The lowest string on the argeggione was, as on the guitar, E; you
> would need a bassett horn in E for that.

N.B. guitars sound an octave lower than written.

Basset horns in E did exist, I believe... Certainly they did in D.... :-

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