Klarinet Archive - Posting 000206.txt from 2009/01

From: "David Glenn" <davidglenn@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Photos of Historic Basset Horns in Kandern
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 05:51:52 -0500

type in "bassetti-paletti" where it says "log in"

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> Datum: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 03:00:49 -0500 (EST)
> Von: kurtheisig@-----.net
> An: klarinet@-----.org
> Betreff: Re: [kl] Photos of Historic Basset Horns in Kandern

> David,
>
> Google could not find it, Yahoo did. When I got there it wanted me to
> login.
>
> Tell me how to get there--anxious to see your pics.
>
> Kurt
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: David Glenn <davidglenn@-----.net>
> >Sent: Jan 11, 2009 5:26 PM
> >To: klarinet@-----.org
> >Subject: [kl] Photos of Historic Basset Horns in Kandern
> >
> >OK. Here are some photos.
> >Go to
> >fotos.web.de/davidglenn/kandern_historic_bassets
> >and type in "bassetti-paletti" without quotes.
> >Enjoy!
> >David
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >-------- Original-Nachricht --------
> >> Datum: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 16:51:57 -0300
> >> Von: "Fernando José Silveira" <fernandounirio@-----.com>
> >> An: klarinet@-----.org
> >> Betreff: RES: [kl] Historic Basset Horns in Kandern, Part 1
> >
> >> I agree!
> >> Could you bring us with some photos?
> >>
> >> Best,
> >>
> >> Fernando Silveira
> >> Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
> >>
> >> -----Mensagem original-----
> >> De: Keith [mailto:bowenk@-----.com]
> >> Enviada em: domingo, 11 de janeiro de 2009 15:55
> >> Para: klarinet@-----.org
> >> Assunto: RE: [kl] Historic Basset Horns in Kandern, Part 1
> >>
> >> David
> >>
> >> What a wonderful discovery, and well done!
> >>
> >> Let us know on the list when the benefit concert will be. Jochen
> Seggelke
> >> will do a terrific job.
> >>
> >> Congratulations!
> >>
> >> Keith Bowen
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: klarinet-return-95131-bowenk=compuserve.com@-----.org
> >> [mailto:klarinet-return-95131-bowenk=compuserve.com@-----.org] On
> >> Behalf
> >> Of David Glenn
> >> Sent: 11 January 2009 18:39
> >> To: Clarinet List
> >> Subject: [kl] Historic Basset Horns in Kandern, Part 1
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi basset horn and old instrument buffs!
> >>
> >> Here is the story of my discovery of two historic basset horns and
> other
> >> instruments in my small town at the edge of the Black Forrest in
> Germany.
> >> As
> >> background information you should know that I am a basset horn fan
> myself.
> >> I
> >> play in a basset horn trio (see www.mitglied.lycos.de/blaeserensemble/
> )
> >> and
> >> have a small music publishing business (see http://bassetti-paletti.de)
> >> specializing in basset horn music.
> >>
> >> My family and I have been living in the town of Kandern (pop. approx.
> 4000
> >> or 8000 if you include the surrounding villages) since 1986 but I was
> >> surprised when the "Heimat- und Keramikmuseum" (Home Town and Ceramics
> >> Museum) called me up and asked me to come over and identify some oboe
> or
> >> clarinet instruments which they had laying around in an old box. That
> >> sounded interesting so I went to have a look.
> >>
> >> The curator, Frau M. let me in and brought me upstairs where they had
> the
> >> whole collection spread out on a styrofoam board. The museum is largely
> >> devoted to local pottery which is typical for the region. They didn't
> >> really
> >> know what to do with musical instruments. We walked over to the
> collection
> >> and I couldn't believe my eyes! It was mostly clarinet instruments in
> >> boxwood with brass keys and some brass mouthpieces, one bassoon reed
> and a
> >> few metal tools.A moment later, I went from a state of shock to a state
> of
> >> extreme shock! I had recognized a part of a basset horn with an ivory
> >> knee!
> >> Within a few moments I had put two nearly complete basset horns
> together
> >> (only missing mouthpiece and bell) and parts of one (or maybe two)
> >> clarinette d'amour and an ordinary clarinet. Frau M. noticed how
> excited I
> >> was and suggested I take the basset horns home to finish sorting them
> out.
> >> Of course I didn't let her ask twice!
> >>
> >> At home and still somewhat in a state of shock, I called up my friend
> and
> >> basset horn colleague Peter Geisler from Schopfheim and I asked him to
> >> guess
> >> what I had laying around at home. "No idea." "Two historic, 15 keyed
> >> basset
> >> horns. ... hello? ... hello Peter? ... are you still there? ..."
> "Sorry, I
> >> just had to sit down!" Yes it was hard to imagine! What were these
> rare,
> >> expensive instruments doing in Kandern in the early 19th century? At
> that
> >> time, there was only an orchestra of brass instruments which belonged
> to
> >> the
> >> mining company (Bergwerksmusik). The instruments had been in the
> >> possession
> >> of the museum or their predecessor museums for about 100 years and
> there
> >> was
> >> no record from where they came. Very mysterious! The next day, Peter
> came
> >> over to see the basset horns and then we went to the museum and had a
> look
> >> at the rest of the instruments. In the end, I ended up taking the whole
> >> box
> >> home so that we could try and sort out the pieces.
> >>
> >> It was clear from the beginning for both Peter and me that the two
> basset
> >> horns must be restored! They are 15 key instruments with signs of use
> >> which
> >> means they may well be of good quality. One of them is marked "Uhlmann"
> >> from
> >> Vienna. The other one is without mark but looks very similar. Both are
> >> nearly complete and in relatively good shape considering their age and
> >> that
> >> they've been stored improperly for the last 100 years. It was decided
> to
> >> take the complete collection to Bamberg and show it to the firm Schwenk
> &
> >> Seggelke for appraisal. My wife and I went with Peter to Bamberg to
> show
> >> the
> >> instruments.
> >>
> >> When we arrived, Jochen Seggelke showed us a table where we could
> spread
> >> out
> >> the treasure. He put on a pair of white gloves (oops, we hadn't thought
> of
> >> that!) and inspected the instruments. Then he said, "Herr Raquet from
> the
> >> museum in Nuremberg must come see this! It could be that he is in
> Bamberg
> >> today. And sure enough, he was able to come and the two of them looked
> at
> >> the instruments together. What an experience! With white gloves and
> >> magnifying glass etc. Seggelke and Raquet agreed with us that the
> basset
> >> horns were well worth the trouble so we got permission to leave them
> >> there.
> >> The other instruments were carefully wrapped in acid free paper (we had
> >> brought them wrapped in newspaper!) and we brought them back to the
> museum
> >> in Kandern.
> >>
> >> So the two basset horns are being restored and will be later displayed
> in
> >> the museum in Kandern but not before we can play on them again! The
> repair
> >> is not cheap and so Peter Geisler and I have offered to play a benefit
> >> concert with these two basset horns to help raise funds for it. We hope
> to
> >> involve the historic basset horn trio "Clarimonia" as well. We are
> putting
> >> Kandern on the map!
> >>
> >> Ciao,
> >> David
> >>
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