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Author: blazian
Date: 2008-01-17 20:04
Does anybody know what the PRESTIGE basset horn BC1713 is? I can't find any info on it and the BC website has absolutely NO info on it whatsoever (at least since 3:03 PM CT).
It looks like an alto clarinet to me, not even having an extended range except for Eb, but it has a straight bell which is confusing... It's labeled basset "HORN", so I assume it's in F?
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Author: John25
Date: 2008-01-17 21:29
It's what it says it is - a basset-horn - a clarinet in alto F with extra notes down to written low C. It was composed for by Mozart, Mendelssohn, R. Strauss and others. Here in Europe basset-horns are much commoner than eb alto clarinets.
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Author: blazian
Date: 2008-01-17 21:32
The picture of the horn does not show a low C extension. It only goes down to Eb according to the picture.
http://www.buffet-crampon.com/files/products/product_717.jpg
- Martin
Post Edited (2008-01-17 21:33)
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Author: John25
Date: 2008-01-18 17:51
Sorry about my first post - I had not seen a picture of the instrument. Surely the picture must be old - Leblanc made a straight "basset-horn" down to low Eb only, but they stopped making them about 1957, when they changed to the more usual model going down to low C.
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2008-01-18 18:41
That's an odd one - I thought it was an old photo, but it's from their current site - and I've never seen these listed before (but only mentioned in Leblanc's catalogue, and never pictured). It hasn't got the usual Prestige silver badge on it, so I don't really know what to make of it.
And a bit pointless considering a basset horn is usually expected to go to low C, which will have some limitations on this low Eb model making it not all that worthwhile for some of the repertoire. Maybe it's even more specialised than a standard low C basset horn!
Low Eb http://www.buffet-crampon.com/en/instruments.php?mode=productDetails&pid=717
Low C http://www.buffet-crampon.com/en/instruments.php?mode=productDetails&pid=101
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Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
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Single and Double Reed Specialist
Oboes, Clarinets and Saxes
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2008-08-28 21:09
Here's a Prestige basset horn being played in a less than usual setting:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCukVFLd9hY
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
Independent Woodwind Repairer
Single and Double Reed Specialist
Oboes, Clarinets and Saxes
NOT A MEMBER OF N.A.M.I.R.
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: blazian
Date: 2008-08-28 23:18
Actually, by looking at the model numbers (BC1723 for the basset horn down to C and BC1713 for the one down to Eb), it seems that it is a basset horn just to Eb because the second to last digit is one lower (or the smaller number has ten added).
- Martin
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Author: stevesklar
Date: 2008-08-29 01:33
what IS a prestige basset horn
the real answer is ..
.... VERY expensive
:)
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Author: Tobin
Date: 2008-08-29 03:30
...for a horn that you'll rarely use in ensemble.
Now if you love improv in the key of F....
James
Gnothi Seauton
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