Klarinet Archive - Posting 000188.txt from 2006/12

From: Laurence Beckhardt <lbeckhardt@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Alto vs. bassethorn
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 20:50:52 -0500

except for the Happy New Year part, yes

still a work in progress, though

--- Doug Potter <doug@-----.net> wrote:

> Are you attempting to channel Dan?
>
> Doug
> http://ConicWave.net
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Laurence Beckhardt
> [mailto:lbeckhardt@-----.net]
> Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2006 3:20 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] Alto vs. bassethorn
>
> Matt makes a thoughtful contribution to this
> interesting discussion, up to a point. He lapses
> into
> cliche and ill considered conventional wisdom with
> this statement:
>
> "I want to be clear that I do not consider alto
> clarinet
> to be a sufficient substitute for a small bore
> basset
> horn, but we know that it does happen in
> performance."
>
> The simple minded fixation on bore size reveals more
> about Matt than about the basset horn or alto
> clarinet.
>
> Happy new year!
>
>
> --- Matt Hanson <matthanson920@-----.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > Regading only low range and with timbre difference
> > aside, it is interesting to point out that a new
> > version of the Buffet alto clarinet features the
> low
> > Eb on the body now, instead of the bell. The
> > previous
> > bell is still used, however, the tone hole is left
> > open without an actual key. It is being used as a
> > resonance tone hole for a "true" low Eb instead of
> a
> > "bell" low Eb.
> >
> > While not a sufficient subsitute for many of us,
> we
> > know that alto clarinets are sometimes used to
> > perform
> > basset horn parts when an instrument is not easily
> > accessable. From a clarinet playing and
> instrument
> > repair perspective, I have been intrigued by the
> > possibility that someone could add the necessary
> > bell
> > hardware and a key connection on to this new alto
> > clarinet for the low D, thus resulting in the
> > previously missing low C of the basset horn.
> >
> > Alto clarinet parts horns are indeed plentiful and
> > the
> > original equipment bell key and mount could even
> be
> > acquired from Buffet directly since they have made
> > them that way for so long until recently. This
> would
> > leave only the fabrication of the touch piece and
> > the
> > mounting to obtain the low D (sounding the lowest
> > note
> > on the basset horn). Since its introduction, I
> have
> > been curious if anyone would surface, having made
> > this
> > alteration to the new Buffet alto clarinet, but I
> > have
> > not heard of any to date. I doubt there is a huge
> > market for new alto clarinets to begin with since
> > used
> > instruments are quite plentiful, but it may be
> > useful
> > in obtaining the missing note in the range of the
> > basset horn, should someone already have one of
> > these
> > in their posession, especially in an environment
> > where
> > a basset horn is absent or not easily accessible.
> > Again, timbre issues and upper range aside here.
> I
> > want to be clear that I do not consider alto
> > clarinet
> > to be a sufficient substitute for a small bore
> > basset
> > horn, but we know that it does happen in
> > performance.
> >
> >
> > I'm curious, though, about the thoughts of others
> > regarding this fabrication possibility to achieve
> > the
> > missing note.
> >
> > Matthew Hanson
> >
> >
> > > > 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
> > > >
> >
> >
> >
> > protection around
> > http://mail.yahoo.com
> >
> >
>
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