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Re: Albert boehm clarinets

Author: donald
Date: 2019-06-20 23:38

I was actually referring to Tony Pay - there was a book "the orchestra" that came out in the 1970s and included interviews with Hacker, Pay and I recall some players from USA (Tony Haddcock?). In it the Albert clarinets are mentioned and I thought BOTH Pay and Hacker played them at one point... or at least admired them.
I played Alan Hackers clarinets in 1989 or 1990 (maybe 91?) and had some lessons from him, but couldn't comment on the instruments as I was just a student then and only played them briefly.
I'd be 90% sure that Denman played them- in the early 1980s he had a regular slot writing for the Clarinet, and there was also an earlier interview with him. His Alberts had a throat B flat mechanism added to them, plus I recall a strange shaped barrel (years before this became trendy) but the instruments were Albert Boehm. Going through the back issues of the Clarinet could confirm this, but I've only got that era on PDF format, and searching through for things is annoying and laborious (much easier with a REAL magazine in your hands!)
dn

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