Klarinet Archive - Posting 000074.txt from 2006/12

From: Joseph Wakeling <joseph.wakeling@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] OK. I give up
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 07:19:00 -0500

danyel wrote:
> I believe everybody should have at least one basset horn, but yours is
> indeed specialised. Honestly, I asked myself, who needs a modern system
> (and, of all things, Boehm) basset horn?

Most clarinet players, I'd imagine. The number of people trained in
German system remains a minority and the number of performance
opportunities with modern-instrument ensembles far outweighs those in
period-instrument groups.

Incidentally, there is an increasing modern repertoire for the
instrument (Stockhausen, Ligeti, etc.).

If I wasn't broke right now, the current exchange rate would make Dan's
basset horn a very attractive proposition. :-)

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