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Author: blazian
Date: 2008-01-17 20:04
Does anybody know what the PRESTIGE basset horn BC1713 is? I can't find any info on it and the BC website has absolutely NO info on it whatsoever (at least since 3:03 PM CT).
It looks like an alto clarinet to me, not even having an extended range except for Eb, but it has a straight bell which is confusing... It's labeled basset "HORN", so I assume it's in F?
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Author: John25
Date: 2008-01-17 21:29
It's what it says it is - a basset-horn - a clarinet in alto F with extra notes down to written low C. It was composed for by Mozart, Mendelssohn, R. Strauss and others. Here in Europe basset-horns are much commoner than eb alto clarinets.
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Author: blazian
Date: 2008-01-17 21:32
The picture of the horn does not show a low C extension. It only goes down to Eb according to the picture.
http://www.buffet-crampon.com/files/products/product_717.jpg
- Martin
Post Edited (2008-01-17 21:33)
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Author: John25
Date: 2008-01-18 17:51
Sorry about my first post - I had not seen a picture of the instrument. Surely the picture must be old - Leblanc made a straight "basset-horn" down to low Eb only, but they stopped making them about 1957, when they changed to the more usual model going down to low C.
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Author: blazian
Date: 2008-08-28 23:18
Actually, by looking at the model numbers (BC1723 for the basset horn down to C and BC1713 for the one down to Eb), it seems that it is a basset horn just to Eb because the second to last digit is one lower (or the smaller number has ten added).
- Martin
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Author: stevesklar
Date: 2008-08-29 01:33
what IS a prestige basset horn
the real answer is ..
.... VERY expensive
:)
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Author: Tobin
Date: 2008-08-29 03:30
...for a horn that you'll rarely use in ensemble.
Now if you love improv in the key of F....
James
Gnothi Seauton
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