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Author: ClarinetVirtuoso
Date: 2025-05-07 22:45
Does anyone know the location of John Denman’s clarinets? I don’t mean the Yamaha clarinets he played in later years but the other ones, the clarinets with the curvy tuning barrels? These are the clarinets he made the recordings of the Finzi Concerto (still the best recording in my opinion) Spohr 2nd Concerto (which I understand he discovered) and the Stamitz B flat concerto (the last two with Hazel Vivienne and Sadlers Wells orchestra). I think John also made a recording of works for clarinet and piano with his wife. I know he also recorded the Bax and Ireland Sonatas which are lovely recordings. Anyway, if anyone knows where these clarinets are, I would be very grateful for the information.
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Author: John Peacock
Date: 2025-05-08 01:37
And in the thread mentioned above, you can find that at least John's Bb clarinet had been overhauled in 2012. It was made by Albert, though the unique tuning barrel was made by Ted Planas. No mention of the A of the pair, though. But the Facebook page with this information seems to be run by the family, so with luck they can provide some more information - please let us know what you find out.
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Author: ruben
Date: 2025-05-08 17:09
Clarinet: John made several recordings with his wife. Among them is a superb recording of the Brahms clarinet sonatas. I imagine that before he switched to Yamaha, he played Boosey 1010s, like most British clarinetists of his age. For a long time, I used his reeds and I wish they were still being made (they were made by Glotin). His widow, the pianist Paula Fann, also passed away rather recently. If you want more information, you could try Michael Fan, violinist in the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, Paula's brother.
rubengreenbergparisfrance@gmail.com
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Author: ClarinetVirtuoso
Date: 2025-05-16 01:46
Thank you although I don’t know how to copy the thread address unless I use old fashioned pencil and paper.
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Author: kdk
Date: 2025-05-16 02:33
ClarinetVirtuoso wrote:
> Thank you although I don’t know how to copy the thread
> address unless I use old fashioned pencil and paper.
I've added the tags needed to make it a functioning web link. It's now underlined. Just click on it and it will take you to the other thread.
Karl
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Author: donald
Date: 2025-05-16 03:43
HI there, Ruben- before he played Yamaha he played a pair of older Boehm system instruments that had been souped up with a snazzy barrel and a throat Bb mechanism. He didn't actually play wide bore clarinets of 1010s, despite his English tone quality....
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Author: donald
Date: 2025-05-16 03:46
Oh the link that Genericclarinet posted explains it all, AND great photographs...
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Author: ruben
Date: 2025-05-16 09:31
Donald: John was always the original! And he was a do-it-yourselfer; fiddled with gear in his garage. His widow, Paula Fann, passed away recently. She was a wonderful pianist and teacher.
rubengreenbergparisfrance@gmail.com
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Author: ClarinetVirtuoso
Date: 2025-05-16 14:46
I am so sorry to hear about Paula. She was a wonderful accompanist and John and her worked perfectly together. I hope they are both playing together again.
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Author: donald
Date: 2025-05-16 16:37
That Bb mechanism that Ted Planas is a really good design - I've seen a number of similar set ups, but one thing worth noting is the direct link between the A key and the Bb key (where most other variations have a key arm etc). The simplification here saves weight, easy to adjust, very tidy mechanism compared to most versions of this...
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