On Oct 22, 2007, at 7:46 PM, Robert Patterson wrote:
Hello, all.
Andrew Stiller's instrumentation book says 2% of piccolos have an
extended low range of c# and c-nat. If the player has an instrument
with an extension, I would like to write as low as c#, but of
course I will have to provide ossias that don't go below d.
My question is, in the intervening ~25 years since Stiller wrote
his book, has the percentage changed? Is it one particular maker
that provides the extension? Does it affect the playing
characteristics or the sound?
Any information about piccolo extensions is welcome.
Nobody I know has anything but low D on picc. None of them have
anything good to say about piccs (or flutes for that matter) with
extensions.
This includes the principal picklists for all the local orchestras in
and around town, as well as all the people I am likely to see in
session work. I would treat the low C# or C on picc as non-existent
unless I am told otherwise ahead of time.
Christopher
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