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RE: Key of Clarinet

Author: Tom Puwalski
Date: 2001-04-20 22:07

"So far as getting an instrument that plays well, the Leblanc and Buffet's both have big intonation problems in the 3rd register, similar to a lot of E flat instruments"

I have been playing a buffet prestige "C" for a few years now and I can't think of why something as drastic as a 10mm regester tube move would be warented. Guy Chadash only moves the tube on clarinets up by 2mm at the most. I would be very wary of any advice that would have me change anything that drastically. You are always going to have to give something to get something.I Have found that using a Chadash C barrel and a mouthpiece designed for a C clarinet makes this instrument easy to play nice and sharp with a Euro tuned musett acordion. When I use it in the opera I use the original barrel.

The use of instruments in various keys to play klezmer is a carry over from the the days of "simple system" albert use. These instruments required many different cross fingerings to be able to perform in all keys. Because klezmer music is played in various minor modes that have augmented seconds in them these fingerings can get tricky. Statman plays Bb and C albert, Sid Beckerman plays a Bb Boehm, Merlin shepherd plays mostly a C albert , Kurt Bjorling plays a C boehm. I have played albert a few times while I think I might like it for playing klezmer music, I don't think I would like it the other music I am playing. Luis Rossi is making a large bore 15mm bore clarinet modled on the an albert original boehm. I wish Rossi would make a C clarinet. His Bb is really nice for playing Klezmer or anythingo on for that matter.

Later Tom Puwalski The artist formerly known as Sarge

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