Klarinet Archive - Posting 000568.txt from 2005/06

From: "danyel" <rab@-----.de>
Subj: Re: [kl] Buffet catalog
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 04:52:24 -0400

If that was only true for the R13 bassett horn! A friend of mine plays it
and it sounds more like a bass than my antique Moennig (german syst.) alto
in Eb. Also I tried the R13 alto and found little difference in character to
their bassett horn.
BTW does anybody on the list have more informations on Mueller's clarinette
alto? Are there any surviving altos from that period?

Best wishes,
danyel

www.echoton.de/clar.html

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph Wakeling" <joseph.wakeling@-----.net>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 2:40 AM
Subject: Re: [kl] Buffet catalog

> I'm familiar with your argument and agree to a large extent. However I
> think I'd like to phrase it slightly differently and say something like:
> "The basset horn's range makes it an alto member of the clarinet family,
> but its character is in very different to the modern instrument that
> actually bears the name of 'alto clarinet'. Whereas the latter has a
> character rather like a small bass clarinet, the basset horn feels and
> sounds closer to the soprano instruments of the clarinet family."

-------------------------------------------------------------------
Klarinet is a service of Woodwind.Org, Inc. http://www.woodwind.org