Klarinet Archive - Posting 000198.txt from 2010/10

From: Jennifer Jones <helen.jennifer@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] New York Times, Oct. 22
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 22:18:53 -0400

Yes. I see that now. I couldn't tell using ctrl +. But then I
realized that I missed the "enlarge this picture" link. Once I found
and used that, I was able to see that it was a metal clarinet.

On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 7:14 PM, <bhausmann1@-----.net> wrote:
> Blow up the picture some. =A0It is clearly NOT a block of wood.
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jennifer Jones <helen.jennifer@-----.com>
> Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 15:22:46
> To: The Klarinet Mailing List<klarinet@-----.com>
> Reply-To: The Klarinet Mailing List <klarinet@-----.com>
> Subject: Re: [kl] New York Times, Oct. 22
>
> Hmmm. =A0The thing on the right in the NYT article picture doesn't look
> like twisted metal. =A0It looks like a big block of wood. =A0The picture
> on the Easton website of a paperclip contrabass looked like twisted
> metal, as one would expect for something called a "paperclip". =A0The
> instrument on the right in the NYT article also looks shorter than the
> paperclip contrabass pictured in the Easton website.
>
> http://www.jayeaston.com/galleries/clarinet_family/clarinet_p_contras.html
>
> I saw stuff on contraaltos and contrabasses, but not contrabass altos.
>
> The Leblanc website does not have many pictures of its clarinets.
> There is no mention of paperclips.
>
>
>
> On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 1:39 PM, Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net> w=
rote:
>> It does LOOK LIKE a Leblanc paperclip contrabass, but it seems too small.
>> Perhaps it is a paperclip contra-ALTO? =A0Who knew they even made one?
>>
>> Bill Hausmann
>>
>> If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Jennifer Jones
>>> Subject: Re: [kl] New York Times, Oct. 22
>>>
>>> It sort of makes me think of pictures 14 through 18 at:
>>> http://www.oup.com/us/companion.websites/9780195343281/photo22/?view=3D=
us
>>> a
>>> The clarinet on the far right in the article is larger though.
>>>
>>> I guess it must be a contrabass clarinet, though I can't see any
>>> indication of that in the article. =A0I conclude that because of its
>>> size and by eliminating the other instruments and Dan's indication of
>>> the instrumentation. =A0Still can't find information about the
>>> instrumentation through google searches. =A0The same picture occurs at:
>>>
>>> http://www.bethcuster.com/clarinet_thing.html
>>>
>>> and there is no eefer in that picture. =A0That site does mention a
>>> contrabass alto clarinet, which I can't find any information about
>>> either. =A0I am having trouble making sense of the name. =A0Is a
>>> contrabass alto clarinet a clarinet with an unusually large range?
>>> i.e. spanning the alto, tenor, bass and contrabass ranges?
>>>
>>> -Jennifer
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