Klarinet Archive - Posting 000031.txt from 2008/03

From: Wayne Thompson <wthompson7274@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Martin Frost plays Mozart
Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:51:55 -0500

Howard Shertzer wrote, "It appears that he is playing on a basset horn in A=
. Or an A clarinet with =0Aa low C extension (I don=E2=80=99t know the diff=
erence). In fact, what is a basset horn, aside from the low C extension?" =
=0A=0AHoward, would you like to see what these clarinets look like? Many p=
eople are confused when they first hear of these different clarinets. =0A=
=0AMartin appears to be playing the Buffet Basset Clarinet. Here's a photog=
raph from the Buffet exhibit of the 2006 NAMM of the Buffet Prestige Basset=
Clarinet (in A, of course) on the left, the Basset Horn (in F, looking rou=
ghly like an alto clarinet) on the right. Both play to low C in their respe=
ctive keys. Interestingly, the instrument in the center is another Basset H=
orn, this one only playing to low Eb and therefore not as long as it's comp=
anion to the right. It does not have the upturned metal bell. The first Bas=
set Horn part in the Mozart K361 does not require the 'basset' notes, so th=
is horn could be used for that. I believe all three horns are in Buffet's c=
atalogue, though I would assume they don't sell many of the center one. =0A=
=0Ahttp://b8.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/01529/88/64/1529144688_l.jpg =0A=0AWa=
yne Thompson

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