[Dixielandjazz] Is this the real deal?

[John McClernan]

At first glance, I thought it was a Basset Horn, which is a kind of  
alto clarinet, pitched a fourth lower than a Bb clarinet.
But I think the one in the clip is too small to be a Basset. I think  
it is a Saxonette, which is a variant of the clarinet, but not really  
a member of the clarinet family, though it has more in common with  
the clarinet than the saxophone. The Saxonette is pitch in C, with  
the same range as a C clarinet, and uses the Albert fingering system.  
It may have been created in France in the 1930s.
(info from: http://hem.passagen.se/eriahl/saxonette.htm )
Cheers,
John



On Oct 17, 2007, at 9:41 PM, Hal Vickery wrote:

> Check this one out:
> http://youtube.com/watch?v=kfDECEGBJyw&mode=related&search=jazz
>
> Apparently Alphonse Picou in 1959 playing (a lot slower than I've  
> ever heard
> it played) his famous High Society solo.  My real question is, what  
> the heck
> is that that he's playing.  I've never seen a clarinet that looked  
> like that
> before!
>
> Hal Vickery
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com
> [mailto:dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com] On Behalf Of Kent  
> Murdick
> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 10:32 AM
> To: Hal Vickery
> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Is this the real deal?
>
> I don't know if you historians out there have seen this, but it looks
> like the real deal for early jazz.
>
> http://youtube.com/watch?v=fJT1PuCw4TA&mode=related&search=jazz
>
>
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