Klarinet Archive - Posting 000065.txt from 2009/08

From: Simeon Loring <sloring1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Clarinets in F
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:22:25 -0400

There are two separate discussions going on here. Mendelssohn in his
op. 24 wrote for two soprano clarinets in F and basset horn as well as
the other instruments I mentioned in a previous email. The soprano
clarinets in the Mendelssohn are one step away from the Eb clarinet.
Simeon
On Aug 12, 2009, at 10:57 AM, Dan Leeson wrote:

> 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
> ----- Original Message ----- 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Nancy Buckman
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