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Re: Amati C Clarinet

Author: Simon Aldrich
Date: 2013-11-03 18:03

I have an Amati (Forte) C clarinet and use it all the time.
We are about to start Falstaff at the opera and most of the part is for C clarinet.
I just did Schubert 6, which is all C clarinet.

I got the C clarinet with the initial intention of using it to get me out of difficult transposition situations, like in fast opera passages in E major (transposed into F# major) unison with the flute. But I have ended up using it whenever the part calls for C clarinet (except for the slow mvt of the Beethoven violin concerto).

The tone and pitch of the instrument improved *greatly* when I got a barrel made by Allan Segal (a contributor to this list).

The instrument is designed to use a Bb mpc.

A quality of the C clarinet that clarinetists often claim not to like (a perceived brighter, narrower tone) has turned out to be a quality other musicians in my orchestra like. The principal horn and bassoon in my orchestras like it when I use the C clarinet, saying it sounds effortless and sweet. Because of its brighter tone, projection is indeed effortless, its tone floating above everyone else's without pushing the sound.

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