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Author: William
Date: 2009-02-24 14:40
Here's a fun website with pics and sounds of a Bb contrabass clarinet as well as some of the exotic low saxophones, including the tubax. A tiny Bb soprillo sax as well--have fun:
http://www.eppelsheim.com/bassax.php
Post Edited (2009-02-24 15:13)
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Author: William
Date: 2009-02-24 15:20
Nitai--nice pics. Wish I could read the script.
However, with the help of Google language tools, it can be somewhat reasonably translated into the language of your choice. Worked for me.....
Post Edited (2009-02-24 15:36)
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Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2009-02-24 15:43
Jay Easton (http://www.jayeaston.com/Recordings.html) has a nice recording out called "So Low" which, among other things, features some interesting playing of the Tubax. I thought the Tubax sounded far better than its 'competitors' the bass/contrabass saxophones. Worth a listen.
I'd love to try Eppelsheim's ingenious new design for the contrabass clarinet. Has anyone done so?
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Author: Don Gross
Date: 2009-02-25 22:23
Attachment: Eppelsheim Contrabass Clarinet.jpg (94k)
Dave,
Grant Green, the founder of www.contrabass.com, a fellow Harvey Mudd College chemistry alumnus, and certifiable "bottom feeder" has indeed played the prototype when he was in Munich. Here's his take on the horn:
"The timbre sounds like it has a wider bore: more like a big contra-alto, more fundamental in the tone. My main disappointment with the Leblanc paperclip is that it doesn't sound enough like a bass clarinet. Alto, bass, and contra-alto all sound like they belong in the same acoustical family, while the contrabass (at least the Leblancs) sound like a cousin. Benedikt's CBCl has the "family timbre."
Don
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