Talk:Contrabass clarinet

message: Can anyone substantiate that the composition "Machine for Contacting the Dead" is appropriate for the list of notable uses of the contrabass clarinet?  From this page I see the contrabass is indeed one of the 27 instruments used, and it apparently is somewhat prominent in the final moments of the piece.  But is this really a significant piece in the contrabass repertoire? -- Rsholmes 02:12, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: A week later, no response; deleted. -- Rsholmes 01:43, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

text: (comments given at User_talk:Miniwheats1) -- Myke Cuthbert (talk) 01:12, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Machine for Contacting the Dead 

message: Upon hearing the noted track "So Right," the instrument called a contrabass clarinet in this article is in fact a Bass Saxophone. Unfortunately, I have no citation but its tone alone tells me its a sax not a clarinet. Saxes have wide, reedy tones while the CB clarinet, also reedy, has much more tone albeit slightly more muffled. It's hard for me to put in words but I am extremely sure it's a sax. Arc88 (talk) 05:26, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dave Matthews' use 

message: Could some one please post an image of Written and Sounding Range (Bass/Treble Clef respectively) for the BB♭ Contrabass Clarinet? The Bass Clarinet, Basoon, and Contrabasoon pages have that. And why can we not get a proper image of a modern-used Contrabass clarinet, one in paperclip design (Leblanc 340) and one in the bass clarinet design (Leblanc 342)? Just a question for you Wikipedians.
(Oliverkahnnr1 (talk) 01:24, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Written, Sounding Range 

message: I don't know which version is more common, but on the few occasions I have seen one in concert, it was always the "paperclip" version. So, if someone could provide a photo of that instrument (like this one), I think the article would benefit from it... -- megA (talk) 11:51, 8 September 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I just did a quick search on Flickr and came up with this one. The picture isn't the best but it has the right permissions to use it on WP. Yes? No? Ayzmo (talk) 18:10, 11 September 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, I like it, and since Anthony Braxton is mentioned in the article – be bold... -- megA (talk) 10:34, 26 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photo of "paperclip" version 

message: Since this article is about the contrabass clarinet and the contra-alto clarinet it should be renamed such (or the two instruments split and given the separate WikiData links as in other languages.)  ~🐈🐈~♪~何? 18:27, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rename 

message: This is quite a mess. Some standards need to be decided as to what should or should not be included. The Solo pieces are largely ok, but are we really just going to allow any Ensemble piece that uses a contrabass clarinet to be listed? The could include far too much band repertoire where the contrabass clarinet has a part, but it is not necessarily meaningful. I recommend we draw the line at chamber music, orchestral pieces (as the contrabass clarinet is a much rarer occurrence in that setting), and particularly notable band pieces where there is a contrabass clarinet solo or otherwise significant part. I also recommend discluding clarinet choir pieces. Popular music which uses the instrument can be a separate category. Nerokerr (talk) 23:00, 17 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Compositions 

message: I think we should re-arrange some of the material into a construction section, use  to refer to the Clarinet article's Construction section, and if nothing else, some mention of Houvenaghel's pioneering work in bass and contrabass clarinet development at Leblanc, and especially his invention of the "paperclip" layout, which he loosely based on the contrabass sarrusophone. — Jon (talk) 03:13, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Construction 

message: I'm following Foag Klarinetten's all-metal Octocontrabass project with much interest! — Jon (talk) 15:52, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Foag Klarinetten Octocontrabass