Klarinet Archive - Posting 000151.txt from 2005/10

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: A-flat sopranino
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 16:00:34 -0400

There must be something in the mailing list archive on the "octave C" clarinet.
There was some correspondence regarding the advertising of such an instrument on
EBay.
Roger S.

In message <4352A3E2.4030900@-----.org writes:
> 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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