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Author: mamanvatsa
Date: 2015-07-26 23:44
Hi! Does anyone know something about regular Boehm clarinets in G or Ab? And I am not speaking of Reform Boehm, rather more affordable and playable ones.
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Author: Katrina
Date: 2015-07-27 18:16
When you ask about G or Ab my first reaction is to ask whether you mean "high" G or "low" G.
The "low" G clarinets are typically used in Turkish, Greek, and other folk music styles of southeastern Europe.
The "high" G clarinets (which are about the same size as the high Ab piccolo clarinets used in some ensembles) are very specific to Schrammelmusik. Schrammelmusik is a semi-classical, semi-folk style of music developed in Vienna in the late 19th century.
At any rate, Boehm systems for both styles are rare or non-existent. The Ripamonti one mentioned above is probably your best bet for a "low" G. The piccolo Ab clarinets are made in Boehm but there aren't any "cheap" ones. AFAIK there are no "high" G clarinets in Boehm system.
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Author: DougR
Date: 2015-07-27 22:01
Here's a fairly long thread on G clarinets from 2013; if you're in a hurry, scroll down to the comment by Alex Simu, a superb clarinetist who plays a Boehm G clarinet. (Also, somewhere in the thread is a link to Youtube of him playing the beast, which is a blast to listen to.)
I haven't kept up since the thread, as to whether the maker mentioned is producing G clarinets in any quantity, but the thread (and the clip) are fascinating.
http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/read.html?f=1&i=389819&t=389766
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Author: mamanvatsa
Date: 2015-07-27 22:06
Thanks for the comprehensive answers, both of you! Yes, I am speaking of low pitch Boehm G-clarinet, and I am a little confused why they don't make them in a wider scale of manifacturing, as in other tones. I guess it is about the 'search-offer' relationship, but it is a million-dollar question like the 'hen-egg' one. If they start to make them on a wider scale maybe people will be more interested to buy. It is also a no-less-dollar-question why G-clarinets are primarily (not to say only) connected with Turkish, Greek, or whatever else of this part of the world music.
I think I am close to make one for me, since I already craft other woodwinds, also clarinet barrels and bells (my model, for I think factory bells lack and lag in smth., but this will I expose in another chapter). So why not next step be clarinet making. Not uncalled for, since I have several aspects, that I don't approve in the presence of the instrument. Cheers!
Vlado
www.vladwoodwinds.com
Post Edited (2015-07-27 23:42)
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Author: jdbassplayer
Date: 2015-07-28 03:30
I have always wanted to try making my own G clarinet but never got around to it. I would love to see someone try to make a homemade boehm G clarinet. Please post pictures if you decide to build one!
Jdbassplayer
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Author: mamanvatsa
Date: 2015-07-28 14:38
For sure, if I get to it, I will post pictures. The problem is with the mechanism, for I have to take this from another G-clarinet, which doesn't make sense (if I have one I don't need another). In the worst case can take from an A-clarinet, but with a compromise of making some holes bigger, some smaller than regular (and of course, spreading the distances). The A mechanism is not so much different.
I make considerations and recalculations. Cheers!
Vlado
Post Edited (2015-07-28 17:25)
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