Klarinet Archive - Posting 000195.txt from 2010/10

From: "Benjamin Maas" <benmaas@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] New York Times, Oct. 22
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 21:59:49 -0400

I worked with Ben a couple years back with the group "tin hat" which he pla=
ys in. If memory serves me right, he had an ancient Leblanc e-flat contra.

-Ben
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jennifer Jones <helen.jennifer@-----.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 17:39:32 =

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Subject: Re: [kl] New York Times, Oct. 22

The explanation helps a lot. Thank you.

On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 4:45 PM, <DGross1226@-----.com> wrote:
> In a message dated 10/23/2010 1:34:40 PM Pacific Daylight Time, Jennifer
> Jones <helen.jennifer@-----.com> writes:
>
>
>> Hmm. =A0It looks like one big block of wood. =A0Not the long twisted ver=
sions
>> of the contrabass clarinet I am familiar with. =A0That is what puzzled m=
e.
>>
>> Perhaps Don Gross knows about this?
>>
>>
>
> Jennifer,
>
> >From L-R in the picture are a bass clarinet, alto clarinet, soprano
> clarinet (most certainly in Bb), and (depending on what name you prefer) =
a: (1) Eb
> contrabass clarinet, or (2) an Eb contra alto clarinet, or (3) a contra a=
lto
> clarinet. =A0At any rate, the instrument pictured is a Leblanc "paperclip"
> model with a range to a written low C because the bell extends to the top=
of
> the top bend. If the instrument were a (1) Bb contrabass clarinet, or sim=
ply
> (2) a contrabass clarinet "paperclip" model, =A0the top bend and the bell
> would be about 12" above the player's head.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Don Gross
> Contrabass/Contra Alto Clarinets
> Los Angeles Clarinet Choir
>
> P.s. While I play a low C "paperclip" Bb contrabass clarinet, there are
> many other contra alto instruments (I play on a vintage Selmer Bundy) tha=
t are
> far superior in tone quality to the Eb "paperclip." =A0Of course, you mil=
eage
> may vary.
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