Klarinet Archive - Posting 000064.txt from 2011/07

From: Martin Baxter <martinbaxter1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] albert?
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 05:27:04 -0400


On 11 Jul 2011, at 22:41, Finn Jespersen wrote:

Hi Bill and List! I don=B4t think that one uses the Oehler system just beca=
use one does not want to use a french system! As far as I know the Oehler s=
ystem is required in every german orchestra because it mixes better with th=
e other woodwind instruments and because it sounds better than the Boehm sy=
stem (more soft). In other words, they have another idiom! Isn=B4t that ok?=
Remember that some of the best clarinettists in the world plays the Oehler=
system, Sabine Meyer and Karl Leister! =

> From: Martin Baxter, Ulverston, UK.

I have come across several 'Dixieland/trad. jazz ' players who also conside=
r the Albert system and derivatives, of which I suppose the Oehler is one, =
have a distinctly better tone than the Boehm. It isn't only an Eastern Euro=
pean idea. Come to that the French bassoon, well played, sounds to my ears =
much better than the Almenraeder-Heckel; bt I still play that system (becau=
se it is easier to control and far less fussy about reeds). I know from IDR=
S that many American players would agree about the sound yet how many basso=
onists on your side of the pond play the French system?
Martin
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