BUFFET CRAMPON PREST/ La de basset
Prestige A Basset clarinet
11 596.00 9 856.00 €
Description
Although the clarinet was invented at the end of the 17th century, it had to wait many years before being adopted into the orchestra. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has composed some of the most beautiful compositions ever written for this instrument.
Anton Stadler is probably the first clarinettist to have played the instrument that is the precursor of the A basset and basset horn. Its range was greater by a major third toward the lower notes and its sound was unique and sweet.
This clarinet is in A but descends to a low C. The basset horn, in the same spirit, is an instrument touched by magic and in many shades. It was magnificently adopted by Mozart, and the great contemporary composers, including Boulez and Stockhausen, have written music for
this instrument, whose sound is balanced and luminous.
These remarkably designed instruments are made of grenadilla wood and finished with the Buffet Crampon Prestige finish.
The modern basset clarinet, designed with all of the perfected elements of the Boehm system developed by Buffet Crampon, enables clarinettists to play concertos and quintets as they were conceived and imagined by Mozart.
Key: A
Pitch: 442 Hz
Body:
• Natural African Blackwood
• Down to C
• Simplified Bb
• Eb-Ab lever, double D spatula, adjustable neck and thumbrest
Keywork:
• Forged keys, copper plated then silver plated
• Gold plated keywork on request
• Metal-capped tenons
• Blue steel springs for ease and accuracy of key movement
Pads:
• Basset A: 100% waterproof material (GT)
Anton Stadler is probably the first clarinettist to have played the instrument that is the precursor of the A basset and basset horn. Its range was greater by a major third toward the lower notes and its sound was unique and sweet.
This clarinet is in A but descends to a low C. The basset horn, in the same spirit, is an instrument touched by magic and in many shades. It was magnificently adopted by Mozart, and the great contemporary composers, including Boulez and Stockhausen, have written music for
this instrument, whose sound is balanced and luminous.
These remarkably designed instruments are made of grenadilla wood and finished with the Buffet Crampon Prestige finish.
The modern basset clarinet, designed with all of the perfected elements of the Boehm system developed by Buffet Crampon, enables clarinettists to play concertos and quintets as they were conceived and imagined by Mozart.
Key: A
Pitch: 442 Hz
Body:
• Natural African Blackwood
• Down to C
• Simplified Bb
• Eb-Ab lever, double D spatula, adjustable neck and thumbrest
Keywork:
• Forged keys, copper plated then silver plated
• Gold plated keywork on request
• Metal-capped tenons
• Blue steel springs for ease and accuracy of key movement
Pads:
• Basset A: 100% waterproof material (GT)
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