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Re: basset clarinet in Bb

Author: ebonite
Date: 2022-03-21 13:47

r small wrote:

> At least one major manufacturer makes a basset clarinet in A,
> but does anyone make one in Bb? I recently bought a full Boehm
> in Bb and the low Eb is fun to play and responds well. No
> stuffiness. So I would think that having a low D, C#, and C
> would work too. There would be virtually no use for such an
> instrument in a classical orchestra but jazz musicians might
> find the extra notes could be put to good use. I would be
> interested in such an instrument but it would have to be
> manufactured as a basset, not a regular Bb soprano with the
> basset notes added as an extension.

There is at least one use for the Bb basset clarinet in a classical orchestra:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaKX21earkk

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