Klarinet Archive - Posting 000175.txt from 2010/10

From: Jennifer Jones <helen.jennifer@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] New York Times, Oct. 22
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 16:16:11 -0400

Hmm. It looks like one big block of wood. Not the long twisted
versions of the contrabass clarinet I am familiar with. That is what
puzzled me.

Perhaps Don Gross knows about this?

-Jennifer

On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 12:37 PM, Dan Leeson <dnleeson@-----.net> wrote:
> It is a contrabass clarinet pitched in E-flat and probably made by LeBlanc.
> The Selmer contrabass of that era was wood and pitched in B-flat. I am sure
> that many will correct me if I am wrong.
>
> Dan
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jennifer Jones" <helen.jennifer@-----.com>
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> Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2010 12:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [kl] New York Times, Oct. 22
>
>
>> What is the instrument in the far right of the picture?
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 9:23 AM, Dan Leeson <dnleeson@-----.net>
>> wrote:
>>> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/22/us/22bcclarinets.html?src=twrhp
>>>
>>> There is a very lengthy article in the NY Times today, but limited to the
>>> Bay Area of California, which means the area surrounding San Francisco.
>>>
>>> The subject is the "Clarinet Thing" which consists of a quartet:
>>> clarinet, basset horn, bass clarinet, and contrabass clarinet. I quote
>>> the first paragraph of the article:
>>>
>>> "Since the end of the big band era, the clarinet has taken a backseat to
>>> its sexier woodwind cousin, the saxophone. But in the Bay Area, thanks to
>>> a fertile environment of classically trained clarinetists with
>>> experimental sensibilities, the oft-overlooked instrument is having a
>>> moment."
>>>
>>> The link above should take you to the article, but since its presence is
>>> only in the Bay Area edition of the NY Times, no promises are given.
>>>
>>> Dan Leeson
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