Bb/A clarinet is not considered a doubling in my (union) orchestra, nor in any other that I know of. Eb clarinet is, unless the player's contract includes Eb. Same for Bass.
A more interesting case is that of piccolo trumpet. In many orchestra's the player gets doubling if the part specifically calls for piccolo trumpet but not if the player decides to play a part marked "trumpet" in a piccolo trumpet. If the LA local gets doubling for Bb and A clarinets, more power to 'em. I don't think it is typical. YMMV, Robert On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 7:12 PM, J D Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > I had a phone conversation with a client earlier today. And the topic of > doublings came up. This is going to happen in a live situation, not in the > studio. He is going to have a situation where the two clarinets are going > to most likely be playing both Bb and A clarinets. Someone from NYC > checked into it for him and told him that the two clarinets were considered > the same under union doubling rules. > > I am a member of Local 47, Los Angeles, and I told him if a player picks > up another instrument and plays it on a session, it's a double. Period. > He argued that this was not the case with classical performances and > reiterated that the two clarinets are considered the same. I countered > that they were not, and he was getting erroneous information. > > I'd like to hear what everyone knows on this issue. I did many, many > sessions in LA when I lived there for 21 years. Both live and recorded. > But I will admit my memory is foggy; I've been out of LA for over 13 > years. But I do recall that if a played picks up another axe, it's a > double. > > Any and all opinions are most welcome. > > J D Thomas > ThomaStudios > > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: [email protected]
