Klarinet Archive - Posting 000338.txt from 2006/09

From: "dnleeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Ab Sopranino clarinet
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 19:29:51 -0400

The first time I ever heard Til Eulenspiegel was with Band of the
Republican Guard in Paris and they used the A-flat clarinet for
the D clarinet in the orchestral part. It cut through the sound
like a knife through butter.

Dan Leeson
DNLeeson@-----.net

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Foss [mailto:billfoss47@-----.net]
Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 4:12 PM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: Re: [kl] Ab Sopranino clarinet

A lot of Italian Military Band music calls for Ab Sopranio and
the parts
(yes, there are usually 2 parts) are VERY important.

Bill Foss
US Army Retired
USC Aiken, Clarinet Professor
Director of Bands, Aiken Prep

----- Original Message -----
From: "Curtis Bennett" <curtis.bennett@-----.com>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 6:44 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] Ab Sopranino clarinet

> Thanks for posting the link to this item. I've always wanted to
see
> one. It surely is a real rarity.
>
> But I have to wonder - what is the purpose of such a thing?
Are there
> actually pieces of music which call for Ab sopranino clarinet?
>
>
> On 9/30/06, Reedsoaker@-----.com> wrote:
>> 20 plus years ago, I had the chance to play a Leblanc A-flat
for a half
>> hour
>> or so. It played quite well. I was truly surprised. The one I
played had
>> regular sized keys and took some getting used to. The one on
Ebay right
>> now
>> seems to be a later model that addressed this issue by making
the keys
>> oversized;
>> nice!
>>
>> Phil Feather
>>
>> I have tried several, by Orsi and by Schwenk and Seggelke
>> (http://www.schwenk-und-seggelke.de/englisch/frame.html) and
one of
>> unknown
>> Italian origin. Like with the Eb it all depends on mouthpiece
and reed.
>> If
>> people would spend a fraction of the time they spend on
selecting a good
>> mouthpiece and preparing a good reed for the A/Bb on the
smaller
>> clarinets,
>> it would not be as much of a problem. There are various people
in Vienna
>> who
>> play the "picksuesse hoelzl" in historic Schrammeln-bands and
it sounds
>> very
>> sweet and quite effortless. cf. www.philharmoniaschrammeln.at
>> The Ab was actually a G at high pitch.
>>
>>
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>
>
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