Hi, i've been trying to play a Kohlers bass clarinet for the last year, and I say trying because it has a lot of problems of adjustment, is an old wood...
you would be better off putting some money in a new (or used) Vito or other low end, but quality clt. than continuing with the Kohler. John ... From:...
I don't know if I've posted this question here or now. It is really for all low clarinets, not just bass. I've heard bass, alto, contralto and contrabass...
I was just talking tonight with the director about how Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa will let someone major in bass clarinet performance. The bigger...
I'm guessing (correct me if I'm wrong) most (i.e. almost all) film bass clarinet parts are played by people who play at least one other instrument (soprano ...
I'm not a professional musician, but know may who are (or could be). No matter whether you major in Bass Clt of Clt. - unless you are the best or second best...
10 yrs ago I was in NYC. I went to 48th st woodwinds, walked upstairs and asked if they had any bass cl mpcs. they guy said "no, but over there on the wall is...
There's also supposedly an awesome contrabass clarinet solo in a Tower of Power album. My private teacher (Mic Gillette, their original lead trumpet player)...
Did you buy the contralto that you tried? If not, why not? If you did, do you still have it? (Just curious, since it's a good story). Susan Keess ... upstairs...
I don't recall if it was for sale, and I didn't have much $$ sent from my glitchy iPhone On May 9, 2008, at 8:19 PM, "Susan" <swkeess@...> wrote: Did you...
... Any idea who manufactured said contralto clarinet? If it was truly around to be used for film scores in the 30s and 40s, I'd be interested in who made the...
... That's among the things I'd like to know too -- who was making contra clarinets in the first half of the 20th century? How many were there in use? How...
regretably I have no idea who made it, I was shocked a little by the improbability of the whole thing and didn't think to look sent from my glitchy iPhone On...
Were low-C bass clarinets even made before about 1990? Based on what I see on eBay (I know, not the greatest source), Eb instruments existed in the first half...
Low-C bass clarinets were available from French makers by the early '60's -- from German, Austrian and Russian sources half a century before that! ... From:...
... That I do know the answer to -- when I was in high school in the early 1970s I met a bass clarinetist from another high school band who played a low C...
... ) has a bass ... Yes, it is Petrouschka. To make things worse, the part is very exposed and is in octave unison with soprano clarinet. I've heard...
Buffet prices will be going up starting July 1, 2008, anywhere from 5 to 8%. If you are planning to buy a Buffet clarinet in the near future, do it now, and...
Just one last reminder that the University of Oklahoma Clarinet Symposium will be held June 5 - 7. There is still time to register! Come and enjoy the events,...
I'm in the library where I've found a few passages in books on the subject of low-C basses and contra clarinets. In chronological order: - Curt Sachs, "The...
About the Low D - F# in petrouchka... stravinsky changed this from a D to an F# himself in the 1947 version. this probably had to do with the differences...
There are plenty of places in the music I'm currently playing where a half-note, quarter, quarter sequence runs Eb, D, C where I would most definetly play the...
I remember playing the bass part in Petrouchka before I got my low C bass- I rolled up a sheet of music and inserted it into the bell just before the passage...
This is an invite for those of you in the Chicago area. The Fox Valley Concert Band is celebrating it's 25 years of music making this Saturday May 17 at 7:30PM...
That puts a Bb Tosca at above $5800, and the A well over $6000. Too bad, because they're great insturments. But that's pretty hard to swallow. Daniel Frazelle...
Dear all, Here's a fairly unexciting but to me quite important question. I play a Buffet Prestige 1193 but find myself leaving each session with an ...
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