instruments
(…for composers and other curious souls)
‘modern’ clarinets (by Buffet except where shown)
clarinet in Eb
clarinet in C (Noblet)
clarinet in Bb
clarinet in A
German-system (full-Oehler) clarinets in Bb and A (F. A. Uebel)
basset horn
bass clarinet
contrabass clarinet (Leblanc)
saxophones
soprano – Selmer Série II
alto – Selmer Série II
tenor – Conn New Wonder (ca 1919)
historical instruments
chalumeaus * (all at a’=415)
soprano (in f’) – one by Peter van der Poel, one by Guntram Wolf, one by Andreas Schöni with ‘d’amore’ foot to e’
alto (in c’) – by Peter van der Poel
tenor (in f) – by Peter van der Poel
bass (in c) – one by Andreas Schöni, one by Peter van der Poel
basson di chalumeau (in F, with thumb keys down to B’b) by Andreas Schöni
* the standard plural is of course the French one. I don’t see any more
reason to write ‘chalumeaux’ than to write ‘bureaux’, though.
historical clarinets
at a’=415:
2-key clarinet in D by Jochen Seggelke after Jakob Denner
3-key clarinet in D by Agnès Guéroult after Scherer
at a’=430:
7-key clarinet in C by Jochen Seggelke after Bühner und Keller (Strasbourg)
5-key clarinet in Bb by Peter van der Poel after Lotz
12-key clarinet in Bb by Joel Robinson after H. Grenser (with corps de rechange for 5-key setup)
at a’=452:
13-key clarinet in Eb by Lefèvre, ca 1830
…some pictures and sound to come.
I also have some quite nice recorders at a’=440. I use them for improvisations and free scores; for doubling parts (for example in Richard Barrett’s Opening of the Mouth); and for tootling Handel, Graupner and Telemann purely for my own amusement.
garklein – Küng, grenadilla
sopranino – Moeck after Rottenburgh, grenadilla
alto – Mollenhauer after Denner, grenadilla
tenor – Yamaha, surprisingly respectable plastic
bass – Zen-On, maple