From: "Sung Hwang Wang"
Subject: [CB] L.A. Ripamonti
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 17:43:51 -0800
Hello, is anyone familiar with clarinets made by
Ripamonti? I am very interested in its G (alto) clarinet and BBb
contrabass.
The price of the G seems very reasonable and attractive at $2600
US. The contrabass on the other hand is a whopping $15,600
US! More expensive than the Selmer Paris.
I would like to know more about them if anyone care to share
some comments.
Willy
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Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 23:55:10 -0600
From: "Gregg Bailey"
Subject: Re: [CB] L.A. Ripamonti
Sung Hwang Wang,
Also, does anyone know why Leblanc claims to be the sole
manufacturer of the tiny Ab clarinet, when L.A. Ripamonti makes it as
well?
What impresses me about L.A. Ripamonti clarinets is the idea of
the extended tube with an extra hole before the bell flare to cause the
timbre of low E to be the same as the timbre of the rest of the
chalumeau.
-Gregg
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Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 00:02:54 -0600
From: "Gregg Bailey"
Subject: Re: [CB] L.A. Ripamonti
I found the G clarinet and the BBb contra on L.A. Ripamonti's
site after navigating through it for several minutes. The layout
of the website seems very confusing, and the mix of languages doesn't
help.
I agree that the G clarinet is a very interesting idea.
However, I would rather have an A bassett clarinet--it can play a whole
step lower!
-Gregg
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From: "Matthew Stoecker"
Subject: Re: [CB] L.A. Ripamonti
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 23:39:31 -0800
You can find G metal clarinets fairly easily-they are common in
Turkish music. I will be listing a couple of basset clarinets on eBay
in the next couple of weeks. Cheers!
Matthew Stoecker
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