Klarinet Archive - Posting 000160.txt from 2008/09

From: Gary Van Cott <gary@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] G "Turkish" Clarinets.
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2008 12:07:14 -0400

I tried a "low" G clarinet at Lark in the Morning some years ago. It was
a miserable metal beast. You would need to have large hands to play it
as the stretch to reach the tone hole for the third finger of the left
hand was very painful for me.

Gary
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Johchance1@-----.com wrote:
> In a message dated 9/28/2008 11:10:43 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> martinbaxter@-----.net writes:
> Amati make a G clarinet (I have one and also a genuine turkish G by
> Sul Burka. Their tone is very similar but I prefer to play the Amati.
> However I believe that in a Turkish ensemble the G traditionally
> reinforced the bass line with the occasional tenor register counter
> melody; the 'melodic' clarinet is the high D or even th G altissimo,
> as also found in Austria. Leblanc may make a D but I have been
> looking for a high G for a long time and now I have found a possible
> lead I think my playing is unlikely to be up to it.
> Martin
>
> I have a very nice source for a high G. Try Schwenk and Seggelke.
> Jon
>
>
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