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Author: Baz
Date: 2013-05-23 18:53
Attachment: E.J.Albert pair small.jpg (229k)
I just wanted to show this vision of beauty. I have had this pair for many years, the Bb has been played all the time and I have just had it taken back to as near as new as possible, the A is playing after a little work on it, a fine pair of instruments, note the Barrett action in the upper joint. I bought them a new case, they deserve it.
Post Edited (2013-05-23 18:59)
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2013-05-24 16:13
Barret action on the top joint as well!
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2013-05-25 03:36
Chris -
I thought the Barret action on the modern oboe was the one that opens the Bb and C pads on the top joint when you press your right index finger. What does it do on the clarinet?
Ken Shaw
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2013-05-25 07:43
That's conservatoire action you've described there - the Barret action is a single side key arrangement for Eb/Bb and F/C instead of two separate side keys which was originally fitted to oboes (named after the oboist Barret) and found its way onto some simpe system clarinets (and also some saxes).
Thumbplate system oboes still have the Barret action side key for trills, but the main Bb and C action is done with the thumbplate.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2013-05-25 14:44
Thanks Chris. Amazing how much incorrect information I've managed to accumulate over the years.
Ken Shaw
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Author: Phurster
Date: 2013-05-28 09:10
They are a beautiful looking pair. How does the sound compare to modern instruments?
Chris.
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Author: Baz
Date: 2013-06-10 11:21
The sound is stunning as is the projection, I also play Boehm and no way can I get that true woody sound I get from the Alberts, a lot of volume and the bottom notes are very strong, I have been playing since I was about eighteen and these are the easiest clarinets to get get around I have ever had, my fingers just fly.
I was doing a gig yesterday and I played a sustained bottom E, the guitar player looked at me, smiled and just said wow!
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Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2013-06-10 12:12
>>I was doing a gig yesterday and I played a sustained bottom E, the guitar player looked at me, smiled and just said wow! >>
How cool -- because your clarinets play so well, but also because the guitar player reacted that way to a low note. Some musicians and composers seem to think that the highest and best use of a clarinet is -- well, highest: How high up into the squeak-register can the composer dare to write for it and how high up can the player make it shriek? I'd much rather hear how *well* the clarinet can play -- and for me, the true color of a clarinet comes out in those resonant low notes.
Lelia
http://www.scoreexchange.com/profiles/Lelia_Loban
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Author: Tony F
Date: 2013-06-10 12:57
I sometimes drop an octave when playing clarinet jazz solos. People respond well to the resonance of the chalameau register rather than the relative shrillness of the upper reaches.
Tony F.
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Author: Baz
Date: 2013-06-10 13:40
There is a guy in my area who plays jazz clarinet, I never go to listen to him because he plays upper register all the time, I dont think he can play lower register, probably a saxophone player who tried clarinet and never explored the lower register. I love it when somebody asks me the difference between saxophone and clarinet, my answer.
The saxophone over blows an octave, the clarinet over blows a 12th above the fundamental.
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