Klarinet Archive - Posting 000293.txt from 2010/10

From: "Dan Leeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] We are missing an instrument
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 21:57:43 -0400

There were two kinds of B-flat clarinets made by the manufacturers. One was
a B-flat clarinet and the other was characterized as a B-flat clarinet HP,
meaning high pitched. The need for both instruments derived from the fact
that when a player was contacted for a job, he invariably asked, "What
pitch?" And depending on the answer to that question, he chose the B-flat
clarinet or the B-flat clarinet HP.

But that is not the same as a clarinet in B-natural, though it might work if
one were required. I once had a guy who brought such a clarinet to my
attention, and I was stupid enough to think that it was just a badly made
instrument. I should have bought it and used it as a clarinet in B-natural.

Dan

----- Original Message -----
From: <kurtheisig@-----.net>
To: "The Klarinet Mailing List" <klarinet@-----.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 6:13 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] We are missing an instrument

>
> Dan,
>
> Many years ago a fellow brought a clarinet into the store.
>
> It appeared to be a high pitched B natural clarinet. I think it was a
> Selmer or Buffet.
>
> Can you tell us anything about that?
>
> Kurt
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: Dan Leeson <dnleeson@-----.net>
>>Sent: Oct 28, 2010 2:05 PM
>>To: Klarinet <klarinet@-----.com>
>>Subject: [kl] We are missing an instrument
>>
>>Thus far the list of clarinets and their names has occupied us for some
>>time.
>>
>>But no one has mentioned a clarinet called for by Mozart twice (Idomeneo
>>and Cosi) and which has an unusual pitch.
>>
>>So how come "the clarinet in B-natural" is hidden from view.
>>
>>Dan
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