Klarinet Archive - Posting 000572.txt from 2006/03

From: "Joseph H. Fasel" <jhf@-----.gov>
Subj: RE: [kl] Transposed Parts
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 10:40:34 -0500

I wouldn't say the call for C clarinets in the orchestral literature is
"slight". Since I've gotten my C, I've been surprised at how often I'm
using it in my (amateur) orchestra. More often than not, at least one
piece on the program calls for clarinets in C.

Cheers,
--Joe

On Sat, 2006-03-25 at 20:15, Doug Potter wrote:
> What I'm trying to say is that we do what we can with what we have. I'm
> happy to know that C clarinets exist - and can even imagine that it be nice
> to own one. But given no one pays me to play (and so can't fire me) and the
> slight call for C clarinet parts, I can't justify to myself the purchase of
> a C clarinet on the household budget. If I had a C clarinet, I would
> certainly use it to play the sections that called for it. I'm sure I
> remember someone on this list saying almost exactly this same thing -
> although that may have been about an A clarinet.
--
Joseph H. Fasel, Ph.D. email: jhf@-----.gov
Systems Planning and Analysis phone: +1 505 667 7158
University of California fax: +1 505 667 2960
Los Alamos National Laboratory D-2 MS F609; Los Alamos, NM 87545

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