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Re: Funny-looking clarinets

Author: David Peacham
Date: 2004-12-02 08:09

Wayne wrote:

"I assume this is an authentic usage, that serpents were still being played in the early 19th century."

Yes, it is. They were still used in church bands and the like into Victorian times. For orchestral and military band use, they were reshaped and fitted with further keywork to produce the "Russian bassoon" and the ophicleide.

The story goes - and whether this is true I'm not sure - that Sax put a bass clarinet mouthpiece on to an ophicleide, thereby inventing the baritone sax.

So though jArius was wrong to say "serpent thing I'd heard of that was an ancestor to the clarinet", it may be that the serpent is ancestor to the sax.

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If there are so many people on this board unwilling or unable to have a civil and balanced discussion about important issues, then I shan't bother to post here any more.

To the great relief of many of you, no doubt.

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