Klarinet Archive - Posting 000060.txt from 2009/08

From: "Dan Leeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Clarinets in F
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:57:04 -0400

I'm sorry to disagree, but the clarinet in F made and sold by Le Blanc was
in the same register at the basset horn. It just did not go down as far.

Thus, it is not one step away from an E-flat clarinet - and I am referring
here tot he E-flat soprano clarinet.

Dan
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From: "Gary Van Cott" <gary@-----.com>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 11:08 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] Clarinets in F

> 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
>>
>> F of which Dan speaks is basically a basset horn that only goes to low E
>> or E
>>
>> flat. The purpose would be that of much better sound, I think. I own a
>> Leblanc
>>
>> Paris basset horn in F, and a Selmer Paris alto clarinet in Eb (an old
>> but good
>>
>> one). The basset horn sounds much better than the alto clarinet, and is
>> far easier
>>
>> to play. However, that could be because there has never been any
>> interest in
>>
>> fixing the flaws of the alto clarinet in Eb.
>>
>>
>>
>> Nancy
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>> Nancy Buckman
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