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Re: buying a turkish or greek clarinet

Author: Katrina
Date: 2006-08-06 02:39

"Turkish" klarnets are indeed in low G and are typically metal and Albert system. Greek klarino players play C, Bb, A, or G depending on repertoire or region (Kalakos may have more info on this board if he sees the question). The Greeks usually use wood horns. Some Greeks and Turks use wooden G clarinets too, but it depends on their income level I think. The Orsi wooden G Albert clarinets are excellent instruments but they were around $1000 USD about 5 years ago. The Turkish klarnets from Turkey (RKOR brand) run anywhere from $250 to $400 depending on the seller here in the US. Not sure of their cost in Turkey.

I do not have any information on Athens or Istanbul, but I know a reference for you. At the East European Folklife Center's website, there is a listserv you can join which has loads of members and additional info about Balkan, Greek, Turkish, and general E. Eur. stuff. Not so much specific Klezmer but all the other stuff.

Their website is at http://www.eefc.org and I believe (although I haven't been there recently) that you can search the archives through there somewhere in addition to joining the email discussion.

Katrina

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