![]() Even in this age of electronics and the internet, there are still people who enjoy making music in the old-fashioned way.Īnother reason might be to play improvised music with guitarists in their favourite God-awful keys, B, E and A - but this technical weakness would be better served with an A clarinet. One obvious reason is the same one as was given in the 1920s for buying a C-melody saxophone: so you can read the treble melody line from your pianist pal's sheet music and play drawing-room duets at social gatherings. So why buy a C clarinet, the third of the soprano clarinets ? I put in the "almost" because of OboeGuy's reminder about the Mahler symphonies, which call for C clarinet. have pointed out, you never get c-sheets put up in front of you either in popular music (all Bb) or in classical music (Bb and A). That doesn't matter to me, because I bought it to keep.Īs bandmommy, Merlin, Dr G, etc. In other words, just as with my C-melody sax, I've spent more than its resale value getting it into as-new condition. It cost me US$66.00 the overhaul, including full repad, cost me US$250.00. ![]() I've got a C clarinet, an old Conn Albert-system ebonite instrument from 1924.
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