Klarinet Archive - Posting 000063.txt from 2009/08
From: "Keith Bowen" <bowenk@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Clarinets in F
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:19:03 -0400
I think the ones required for the Mendelssohn are one step away from =
soprano Eb clarinet, and are not in the pitch of the basset horn. I =
think this was what Gary meant.
Keith
-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Leeson [mailto:dnleeson@-----.net]=20
Sent: 12 August 2009 15:57
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: Re: [kl] Clarinets in F
I'm sorry to disagree, but the clarinet in F made and sold by Le Blanc =
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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 =
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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 =
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>> clarinet in
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>> F of which Dan speaks is basically a basset horn that only goes to =
low E=20
>> or E
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>> flat. The purpose would be that of much better sound, I think. I =
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>> Leblanc
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>> Paris basset horn in F, and a Selmer Paris alto clarinet in Eb (an =
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>> but good
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>> one). The basset horn sounds much better than the alto clarinet, and =
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>> far easier
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>> to play. However, that could be because there has never been any=20
>> interest in
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>> fixing the flaws of the alto clarinet in Eb.
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>> Nancy
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>> Nancy Buckman
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