Klarinet Archive - Posting 000171.txt from 2008/01

From: Joseph Wakeling <joseph.wakeling@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] bartok/k-622/A vs. Bb arrogance/etc
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 09:48:53 -0500

bowenk@-----.com wrote:
> There are some (early) basset HORNS that have a key for the vent hole,
> allowing a keyed low B. There's one in the music museum at Leipzig; I
> accompanied Steve Fox when he measured it and have some pictures.

You call it a basset horn, but if I recall right, isn't that instrument
(early 19th century) pitched in A?

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