Klarinet Archive - Posting 000146.txt from 2008/09

From: Tim Roberts <timr@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Re: Post on clarinets
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:39:16 -0400

On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 01:31:43 EDT, Johchance1@-----.com wrote:
> Also, is the Targotato considered a clarinet or saxophone. I found a nice
> source for one but they make four models.
>

The answer is "no". The tarogato is neither a clarinet or a saxophone.
It is a tarogato. It has the same proportions as a soprano saxophone;
it has a conical bore (so it overblows an octave), like a saxophone; but
it is made out of wood, like a clarinet; and the fingering is basically
the same as the clarinet's Albert system.

The original tarogato predates both the saxophone and the clarinet, but
it was a rather different instrument. Wikipedia and Stephen Fox's web
site both have interesting articles about them.

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Tim Roberts, timr@-----.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

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