Klarinet Archive - Posting 000161.txt from 2006/12

From: Tom Wood <n4cid@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Alto vs. bassethorn
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 12:44:19 -0500


> Richard wrote.......
>
> I have a slight correction to offer in connection with the alto
> clarinet and basset horn discussion. Dan Leeson wrote:
>
> >But until the alto clarinet can play the full range of notes
> >available to a basset hornist, and in tune, it cannot compete,
> >and the reason is as plain as the nose on your face. One is
> >obliged to have available the alto clarinet equivalent of a low
> >C, D-flat, and D as heard on a basset horn in F.
>
> In fact, the low Eb on an alto clarinet is the same pitch as the
> low Db on a basset horn, so the alto needs only ONE additional
> low note in order to have the same low range as a basset horn. I
> have thought about constructing an extension for the alto that
> would fit between the bell and the rest of the clarinet, with a
> tone hole and pad. Never got around to actually making one.
> Anyone care to give it a try? ---Richard
>
>
Relax Mr. Leeson.......It is reasonable to infer from what you wrote,
'One is obliged to have available the alto clarinet equivalent of a low
C, D-flat, and D
as heard on a basset horn in F.', that the alto clarinet had none of
the 3 notes...............

Tom Wood

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