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Author: 4Hats
Date: 2000-01-11 14:16
Is there such an animal? I thought I saw one in a catalog years ago but my local dealer tells me I was dreaming.
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2000-01-11 14:46
You weren't dreaming - C clarinets aren't all that common, but they are available from the major manufacturers on special order. The Lyons C clarinet is also available (which, from what I hear, is an eminently playable and inexpensive instrument - Lyons is also a sponsor).
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2000-01-11 15:30
To my knowledge, the term "Melody" was applied only to the old saxes, Conn etc, a "hybrid" between alto and tenor, back in the 10-30's. I have an old Conn plastic C clarinet, plays well. My main use of it is to read oboe parts without transposition, did need it in Mendelssohn's Eligah. Don
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2000-01-11 15:54
Don,
another common use of "melody" for clarinets is clarinets other than Bb or A (the "soprano" clarinet).
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2000-01-11 16:02
Mark -I thot cl's other than Bb sop were referred to as "Harmony" cl's, doesnt the Bb carry the melody for bands as do the ist violins do for orch?
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2000-01-11 16:07
Duh - I was thinking "melody" when I <b>meant</b> "harmony". Ignore my message above!
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Author: paul
Date: 2000-01-11 20:31
I also had a C Melody sax of similar vintage referenced above. A piece of junk through and through. It would have taken much more money to put it into playable condition than it would have ever been worth. Kind of made my plastic beater of a clarinet look and sound good. No one, absolutely no one wanted that sax. I found a way to get rid of it, but it wasn't easy.
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