Klarinet Archive - Posting 000288.txt from 2010/10

From: Joseph Fasel <jhfasel@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] New York Times, Oct. 22 - Cast of Characters
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 16:49:22 -0400

Dan,

I got to play that instrument at the Kammermusik workshop in Oxford
last month. What a sweet horn! I really didn't want to give it back
to Keith at the end of the week.

Cheers,
--Joe

On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 2:37 PM, Dan Leeson <dnleeson@-----.net> wrote:
> Jennifer,
>
> I owned three basset horns, two Selmer and one Fox (of Canada). =A0I sold=
the
> two Selmers to a local player. One of them was owned by Mazzeo who sold it
> to me after he retired. =A0Both looked effectively identical and resembled
> alto clarinets. Both had metal bells.
>
> The Fox was made for me using cocobolo wood and a wooden bell. =A0It was a
> straight up and down instrument except for the bocal which was wood and
> angled. =A0I sold it to Keith Bowen because he also had a Fox bassert hor=
n in
> cocobolo wood and bother his and mine came from the same block of wood. B=
oth
> instruments had gold plated keys, though my instrument was double gold
> plated. =A0He and I did the gran Partitta on those instruments plus a var=
iety
> of Mozart's basset horn chamber music including the six notturni voice
> voices and a mix of clarinets and basset horns.
>
> Dan Leeson
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jennifer Jones" <helen.jennifer@-----.com>
> To: "The Klarinet Mailing List" <klarinet@-----.com>
> Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 12:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [kl] New York Times, Oct. 22 - Cast of Characters
>
>
>> Hey Dan,
>>
>> Did you play a basset horn or basset clarinet? =A0If so, what did it look
>> like?
>>
>> -Jennifer
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 10:48 AM, Dan Leeson <dnleeson@-----.net>
>> wrote:
>>> When I lived in Paris, I would go to concerts of the Guard Republican
>>> Band.
>>> In the program notes, the A-flat piccolo clarinet was identified as
>>> "sopranino."
>>>
>>> Dan Leeson
>>>
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