Klarinet Archive - Posting 000065.txt from 2011/07

From: Finn Jespersen <fj4800@-----.dk>
Subj: Re: [kl] albert?
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 06:38:03 -0400


Thanks for all answers! Interesting subject, indeed! I tried an Oehler clar=
inet in Berlin in november, and was supprised. But living in a country wher=
e the Boehm system is 100 % dominating I decided to keep on with that. =

> From: martinbaxter1@-----.com
> Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 10:27:04 +0100
> To: klarinet@-----.com
> Subject: Re: [kl] albert?
> =

> =

> 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 be=
cause one does not want to use a french system! As far as I know the Oehler=
system is required in every german orchestra because it mixes better with =
the other woodwind instruments and because it sounds better than the Boehm =
system (more soft). In other words, they have another idiom! Isn=B4t that o=
k? Remember that some of the best clarinettists in the world plays the Oehl=
er system, Sabine Meyer and Karl Leister! =

> =

> > From: Martin Baxter, Ulverston, UK.
> =

> I have come across several 'Dixieland/trad. jazz ' players who also consi=
der 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 Eu=
ropean idea. Come to that the French bassoon, well played, sounds to my ear=
s much better than the Almenraeder-Heckel; bt I still play that system (bec=
ause it is easier to control and far less fussy about reeds). I know from I=
DRS that many American players would agree about the sound yet how many bas=
soonists on your side of the pond play the French system?
> Martin
> =

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