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RE: Interesting clarinet - Sara

Author: Ken Shaw
Date: 2001-04-18 14:56

The instrument maker's name is misspelled. It's U:bel (umlaut over the U). This is a top maker of German-style instruments, and the price is not at all out of line if that's what you want. It has a very convenient extra key for the left little finger that gives a left-hand Bb/F.

Most German and English instruments no not have a bell ring. Keilwerth's site http://www.keilwerth.de/clari.htm shows their German system instrument without one. The Ripamonte site shows an instrument without a ring http://www.network.it/ripamonti/, but pages deeper in show a ring. Peter Eaton's instruments http://www.eatonclarinets.freeserve.co.uk/ have no bell ring, and I'm sure that the old Boosey and Hawkes large-bore instruments didn't have them. I couldn't find a picture of a Rossi that showed the bell, but I think he leaves the ring off. Steve Fox uses no ring http://www.sfoxclarinets.com/. Hammerschmidt uses them http://www.oe-net.com/hammerschmidt/klingson.htm. Wurlitzer appears to have no website, but I'm sure that the Wurlitzer I tried at the Columbus show a couple of years ago didn't have a bell ring.

Best regards.

Ken Shaw

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