Klarinet Archive - Posting 000319.txt from 2008/01

From: kurtheisig@-----.net
Subj: RE: [kl] Mendelssohn and C clarinets
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 01:54:49 -0500


Dr Jorgenson had an F I played once in the '70's. A very nice SML.

I have a Conn C soprano and have rebuilt some for people.

Sax a dreamer? Well, he was a clarinet player.

Kurt

>The F Mezzo Saxophone? They did exist, and still do in very small
>numbers. They just never caught on, and most wound up as practice
>horns for instrument repair schools. There are still a few C
>sopranos around, too. There is one on eBay now. Sax envisioned a
>whole family of orchestral saxes in C and F to complement the band
>saxes in Bb and Eb. The guy was a dreamer!

>Bill Hausmann

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