Klarinet Archive - Posting 000149.txt from 2005/10

From: Joseph Wakeling <joseph.wakeling@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: A-flat sopranino
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 15:04:59 -0400

Ruud van Gorp wrote:
> I cannot imagine me playing an A-flat clarinet because the lack of
> room to place my fingers. Does anybody have experience playing such an
> clarinet and why is it an A-flat sopranino and not a B-flat sopranino.

I suspect the earlier comment about an "octave Bb" being even smaller,
might be the answer to this.

Mind you, the Cambridge Companion to the Clarinet makes reference to the
possibility of an "octave C" clarinet, one octave above the conventional
C clarinet .... ! Though it is not certain that any such instrument
ever existed other than as a figment of someone's imagination. Does
anyone have any further info on this?

By contrast, the Ab and G sopraninos have extensive repertoire, though
mainly from the 19th century...

-- Joe

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