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Author: Don Gross
Date: 2009-02-23 14:51
If you thought finding players with their own basset horns was tough, I’m trying to find a contrabass clarinet sub for the March 15 rehearsal of the Orange County (CA) Wind Symphony (www.ocsymphony.org). The music requires a low C contrabass and there aren’t a lot of players who either have their own instruments, or can “borrow” a school horn. I know of only two other players in the greater Los Angeles/Orange County area with low C “paperclips” – and not too many folks own a low C Selmer rosewood contrabass clarinet. I would certainly be interested in finding out who else is out there. We “bottom feeders” don’t need subs often, but when we do…
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Author: William
Date: 2009-02-23 20:23
Fly me too--our high school has one that I can use. The "lowest" I normally go right now is low C bass, but I'm willing to "take the plunge" for a free visit to warm Orange County--temp here was minus 4 this morning (brrrr, freeeeeez'n in Wisconsin)
Post Edited (2009-02-23 20:31)
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Author: Mark Horne
Date: 2009-02-24 22:18
Yes, Don I agree that low C contras are seldom seen, even up here east of the San Francisco Bay area.
I have one each of the Leblanc paperclips - contra alto and contra bass, both to low C. This gives some flexibility in that I can choose which instrument is needed for a given program (some pieces have only have parts for an EEb or a BBb) and I write out the transpositions as necessary.
It's not every day you see a contrabass part that needs the extended range. A while back a played a concert that needed the low D (Ticheli's Amazing Grace) and low C# (band arrangement of Copland's Old American Songs).
The downside is that less than half of the charts on a typical concert program have contra parts at all. You pretty much have to plan on doubling and therefore carrying a lot of gear to the rehearsals and gigs.
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