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Author: ned
Date: 2016-08-03 07:46
I also posted this reply in a thread entitled ''it made me laugh''
Seebreeze wrote: ''I bought the second volume of Henri Sarlit's 25 Etudes de Virtuosite for Clarinet (Leduc) from a small seller using the Amazon site for $10.00!''
That looks to be somewhat of a bargain. I wonder if I could find an Albert system Selmer with a low Eb, such as the one pictured here:
http://capionlarsen.com/clarinets/#
One can obtain full Boehm system instruments easily enough, but this is the first time I have actually seen a picture of a ''full'' Albert, let alone known of their existence.
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2016-08-03 10:22
http://capionlarsen.com/clarinets/#
I've seen one of those on eBay a while back - shame it wasn't a Selmer 'Improved Albert' built to low Eb as that would be a pretty special beast.
They built otherwise plain Boehm systems with an extended range to low Eb as well (without the extra gadgets found on full Boehms).
I think at the time, if you wanted it, Selmer would probably make it. The old catalogues of the time had an impressive range of Boehm and non-Boehm clarinets in any configuration you could think of - maybe even going as far as Albert-Boehm hybrids.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: el gitano
Date: 2016-08-06 01:41
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I´ve seen this instrument. It was sold for a JACQUES full albert. I´ve never heard of this brand. But a nice instrument
Claus
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2016-08-06 11:38
That's very similar to the Selmer 'Improved Albert' system which had all manner of ring keys with extra vents and an articulated C#/G# - but I've only seen them built to low E.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: seabreeze
Date: 2016-08-06 16:45
Selmer made a beautiful full-Albert system clarinet with a low Eb-key that I have only seen in photos.
If you google search the following, two photos of this instrument come up:
New Orleans Delight: Bb Wooden full-Albert Clarinet
I get the link for this as the sixth entry on the page that appears after a google search. Sorry I cannot get the direct URL to work. It is part of a blog at jazzkjeld.typepage.com, "New Orleans Delight," for September 2011.
Post Edited (2016-08-07 04:09)
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Author: MichaelW
Date: 2016-08-06 19:59
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I've just acquired this German system (wouldn't call it Albert) A clarinet by Carl Kruspe (about 1920...25) which goes to deep Eb: Length without mouthpiece 66 cm (German/ Oehler A to E: 63 cm), 6 rings, G#/ A mechanism like on Boehms, extra F#/G# trill, Eb key for right thumb. I don't know what literature this extension was used for- except that the low range is that of the Viola.
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2016-08-06 22:07
One of the German makers offers a low Eb barrel with key (operated with the thumb key) to work with their clarinets - off the top of my head it could be Harald Hüyng.
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1998 - 2010
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