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Re: Mozart's lost clarinet

Author: Klose ★2017
Date: 2018-04-10 05:53

Philip Caron wrote:

> Hi Speculator. In the video I especially enjoyed the opera
> arias with clarinet. To my ears, the registers of the period
> instrument sound more dissimilar from one another than those of
> a modern instrument. It added color to the duet.

We should note that these period instruments all have a so called German bore (therefore its fingering is more or less similar to modern German system clarinets. Eg., fork F). I would argue the sound quality you heard is more due to the bore rather than it is a period instrument.

Post Edited (2018-04-10 05:55)

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