Author: Don Berger
Date: 2003-03-31 16:01
The "combo" of the comments/guesses by Jim. Hank, Don P and me seem [IMHO] to place the horn in the clarinet family, please note the mp SOCKET size vs a corked sax neck, AND the seller's reference to LOW E, not a B or Bb as on a sax. Curt Sachs' book [1940] shows on pg 413, fig 133, a "double bass clarinet" [with a bit of discussion following] which appears to me to be the same as Rendall's Pedal cl. The longer, but not greatly larger diameter bell could be lower-range extension. The tubax is very interesting, and may be one of several combination cylindrical/conical tubular horns made in the 1800's, described in literature as experiments . Please someone bid on [or request a trial of] this cl/hybrid?. Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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