Klarinet Archive - Posting 000053.txt from 2009/08

From: Gary Van Cott <gary@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Clarinets in F
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:08:32 -0400

Nancy, my Buffet alto clarinet is really excellent.

However, as someone has already pointed out, the clarinets in F in the
Mendlessohn piece are pitched an octave above the basset horn.

Gary
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Nancy Buckman wrote:
> I am certainly no expert on instruments, but my guess would be that the clarinet in
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> F of which Dan speaks is basically a basset horn that only goes to low E or E
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> flat. The purpose would be that of much better sound, I think. I own a Leblanc
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> Paris basset horn in F, and a Selmer Paris alto clarinet in Eb (an old but good
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> one). The basset horn sounds much better than the alto clarinet, and is far easier
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> to play. However, that could be because there has never been any interest in
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> fixing the flaws of the alto clarinet in Eb.
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