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Re: basset clarinets

Author: cigleris
Date: 2022-12-14 01:37

Chris that Selmer that Ackerman extended was mine which I bought from John Playfair in 2004. I sold it before the pandemic to help buy my Backun basset.

The concerto and quintet by Mozart require basset clarinet (in A) if you want to play them authentically. The Parto Parto aria requires basset clarinet (in Bb). The Konzertstatz by Sussmeyer requires basset clarinet (in A). Then there are a host of modern works by Maxwell Davies and Mark Simpson. I’m sure there are many others by modern composers.

Steve Trier had a pair of Boehm system Albert clarinets which he had extended. The last I heard Clarinets Direct had that set for sale.

A basset clarinet is a more specialist instrument mainly for the works of Mozart. So unless you’ve got several concertos and quintets lined up then it might be better spending your money on a bass or Eb. That said it might be cheaper to get an extension than buy a complete instrument.

Peter Cigleris

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