Author: Terry Stibal
Date: 2006-03-08 14:05
Well, I guess that I'll have to learn to follow your instructions more closely...
The passage was in the area from the Bb over the break up to about F (as it would have had to be to be using the lower of the two register vents (duh!)). The "sound" was an almost flute like noise coming from the LOWER of the two vent openings - not the one up on the neck.
But,recalling the exact notes played at this remove would be (to be fair) a bit much. That was about seven million bass clarinet notes ago (late 1960's or early 1970's), and I don't keep book on same.
As I said, I think that it was something from Wagner, and it was exposed (think wandering motif solo). As the accompaniment was something like a light pitz in the strings, it allowed the added sound to travel a bit, something on the order of twenty feet. As mentioned by someone else above, we probably noticed it on the stage, but it probably didn't travel out to the audience.
Short of pulling the vent tube or of having specialized depth measurement tools, it's going to be damn'd difficult to assess the true length of the vent into the bore, or the diameter of the vent tube at its bore end.
(Note complete absence of any bassoon related materials, this to avoid any further confusion.)
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