Musical Instruments

Clarinet Bell

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Should I repair my clarinet bell or just buy a new one?
Bell in close-up

I have an Buffet E11 Wooden clarinet that is about 4 years old. Around half a year ago, I accidentally dropped my clarinet during marching season (I use it for marching and concert) and the bell cracked just enough to show the crack on both the...


It's probably cheaper to replace it than repair it. Repair time labor is going to be about $50 per hour and you can expect at least a couple hours of labor.

Your local repair tech can order a new bell for you from

Jingle Bell (clarinet duet)


Clarinet duet by my girl and her teacher, Dr. Wellwood. This recording was their first attempt by sight reading only, just a little piece to wish ...

Clarinet bell stuck.... I need help, fast.?
Clarinet

I just got a brand new clarinet about a week ago. It's a Buffet R13, and I seem to be having problems with its joints getting stuck, especially the bell. It got stuck once before, but I had my band director get it off, and it took him a while. How...


Don't put heat to a $3000 clarinet!!!!!!! you'll crack the wood.

The only solution is a technician who will adjust the cork. It's not uncommon for a new instrument to need such an adjustment because the atmospheric pressures where...

How can I get my clarinet bell off?
Make Music

Just yesterday I bought a new wooden Yamaha Bb clarinet. It cost a good bit of money so I was really hoping I wouldn't have any problems. As it turns out, today I put it together and played it for the first time, and what happened? My bell got stuck.


blow a bunch of hot air through it, that may loosen it up and amke it easier to take off. Tahts what my band director tells us to do...

i have a regular clarinet. i want a saxonette. can i buy a saxonette mouthpeice and bell to put on my clarinet?
Jazz

to put oon my clarinet to MAKE a saxonette.


Sorry, but no. The clarinet and saxonette are in the same family, but are still different instruments built in different keys. Their parts wouldn't interchange well.

Do ligatures make a difference in Clarinet tone? Also, what about the bell piece? ?
Clarinet

I see part leather ligatures that I think are supposed to give a more mellow concert tone.


There are a lot of factors that effect tone in a clarinet... the mouthpiece, reed, ligature, a person's embouchure, and the clarinet itself.

For the reed, it depends on the quality of cane and where the heart is... you can hold your...

Sonata for Clarinet and Piano Op.129 Sheet Music
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(U.K. Published by Stainer & Bell Ltd. Import). For Clarinet and Piano. Wind & Brass.
Sonata in E flat, Op. 120, No. 2 for Clarinet and Piano Sheet Music
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Import). Wind & Brass. Published by Stainer & Bell Ltd. (U.K. For Clarinet and Piano.
Snapshots for Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello and Piano Sheet Music
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Import). Miscellaneous Chamber. Published by Stainer & Bell Ltd. (U.K. For Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello and Piano.
Six Studies in English Folk Song for Clarinet Sheet Music
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(U.K. Published by Stainer & Bell Ltd. Wind & Brass. Import). For Clarinet.
The Liberty Bell
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Price: $25.00

Score and Set of Parts. For Flute I, Flute II, Piccolo, Oboe I, Oboe II, Clarinet I, Clarinet II, Clarinet III, Alto Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Bassoon I, Bassoon II, Alto Saxophone I, Alto Saxophone II, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Bass Saxophone, Cornet I, Cornet II, Cornet III, Trumpet...

A sci-fi score for a silent classic

Early a century after its release, the long-lost uncut version of Fritz Lang's silent classic, Metropolis , will close Montreal's Fantasia Film Festival with a contemporary twist: Its intense score will be replaced with a leaner, experimental piece penned by local composer Gabriel Thibaudeau.

“I really see this film as the first work of science fiction. It is the forebear of Alien and Star Trek . I will try to give it some of that colour,” Thibaudeau said recently in a phone interview from Bologna, Italy, where he was attending the annual Cinema Ritrovato, or Cinema Rediscovered rare-film festival. “The original music for Metropolis was very heavy and operatic. But I have a different approach. There will be no Mozart in this piece,” says Thibaudeau. “I want the music to connect to people.”

Featuring more than 25 minutes of new material recovered from a Buenos Aires archive in 2008 –film buffs refer to the longer version as the Complete Metropolis– Lang's expressionist vision of a futuristic city will unfold as Thibaudeau conducts 13 musicians.

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A sci-fi score for a silent classic

Globe and Mail - Jul 28, 2010

A sci-fi score for a silent classic And rather than write movements for specific characters, as Huppertz did – the female star, Maria, was accompanied by elaborate clarinet music – Thibaudeau
A whimsical statement of maturity

Montreal Gazette - Jul 25, 2010

His mantra may have come in the second song of the evening, the clarinet-featuring Englishman In New York: "Be yourself, no matter what they say.
Review: An embarrassment of riches for Aspen festival performances

Aspen Times - Jul 13, 2010

Two pieces for clarinet and piano pieces featured her partner, Anton Pressler. He played Schumann's Fantasiestücke and Poulenc's Clarinet Sonata pleasantly