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Re: The mysterious B clarinet

Author: jdbassplayer
Date: 2023-04-07 17:10

Sorry to clarify I mean the tenon with the barrel off.

I’d also be interested in seeing how long the bell is compared to other bells. I worked on an early Buffet full Boehm that had a very short bell.

I’m not doubting that custom models exist, I’m just doubting that one would need tuning work to play properly in tune. For example I have a Buffet bass clarinet in the key of C. Everything on it is well in tune as you would expect for a custom instrument from Buffet. The problem is you don’t just need to explain the existence of one B natural clarinet, you need to explain the existence of 10+ alleged B natural clarinets (that I could find claims for online) and my unusual E natural clarinet I mentioned earlier. I don’t think the furniture apprentice theory really makes sense, with clarinets you need to have jigs for every key and essentially have a full production line set up for each instrument, instruments of this era were almost never made by one person. Why would Buffet spend the resources making a whole production line for an instrument they couldn’t sell?

On the flip side to prove it is a high pitch Bb clarinet all we need to say is that at some point in some places high pitch was close to a semitone sharp which is not a stretch given how much pitch varied. For example Chorton pitch is A=466 and is used in some period performance settings.

-JDbassplayer

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