Author: Ralph Katz
Date: 2021-10-29 05:05
So, I did it. The goal was to have a single instrument to play both basset hron and alto clarinet parts.
Stephen Fox in the Toronto area overhauled and modified a Noblet alto clarinet that I picked up cheap, and it now it has a low D. His skills have certainly improved in lo these decades, so this instrument also has an offset floor peg, uses a standard Bb clarinet bell, has a LH Ab/Eb, and some other mods. The low D is actuated by either a RH thumb paddle or a LH pinky key.
It was 1/3 the cost of the good used basset horns I saw a couple of years ago.
I haven't played it in an ensemble yet, but our quartet wants to work up a piece with basset horn, so it will get a test. But one member of the group moved out of town and we won't rehearse for another few weeks.
Jason Alder has had Jared de Leon also add a low D to an alto clarinet.
News at 11.
Post Edited (2022-02-13 00:19)
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