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 Re: Ab Piccolo (sopranino) clarinet
Author: William 
Date:   2003-06-18 14:30

I do not own an Ab "piccolo" clarinet, but when I was in college, I had the opportunity to actually play one in public. Our Concert Band used to tour our state during semester break, playing concerts at 15 or so high schools in five days. One of the concert features was a "show off" segment where various band members would play comedic music or wierd instruments. One alto player would play Oddles of Noodles on a bari sax, and then pull a tiny soparino Eb sax out of it's bell and continue playing. My thing was to play the Clarinet Polka on our schools Ab clarinet, right after a contra bass clarinet solo. It was a suprisingly easy little clarinet to play and a lot of fun. I used a cut down Bb reed (as we didn't have any real Ab cuts) on the stock mouthpiece--no opportunity to find an Ab Kaspar or custom Bay back then. I have average size hands and the instrument really felt like an effer afer getting used to it. My biggest problem was to go back to the principal chair and getting used to my (suddenly) big R13 Bb after playing the solo on that little Ab. I don't recall what brand it was--all I remember is how much fun it was to play. I've often wished I had one just for for an occassional joke or conversation piece--there really isn't any use for one in my playing venue.

The last time I saw that little Ab I used to play, it was on display at my old university in a collection of "wierd" instruments.
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