Klose BE11 Wood Clarinet
Klose’s newest model BE11 was designed for the USA market and offers award-winning features
a rich, warm sound quality, excellent intonation in all registers, functional reliability, perfect workmanship and very reasonable prices. Each Clarinet has specific final undercutting and bore adjustments made during the final testing. Play testing and hand adjustments are made prior to delivery to insure the highest level of playability.
The scale is smooth and surpasses all others in its price range and challenges the most professional models. Resistance is even throughout the dynamic range. This model is recognized by many to be a professional quality instrument at an unusually competitive price point and a high level of hand craftsmanship combined with modern technology.
A Brief History Of The Clarinet:
While Johann Denner is given credit in 1690 for the invention of the modern day Clarinet. H. Klose is given credit for its improvement and adaptation of the Boehm Flute Key to the instrument. H. Klose was a professor at the Paris Conservatory Of Music.
The Boehm Fingering System which was developed by Theobald Boehm for Flutes, was adapted to Clarinets by H. Klose and Auguste Buffet. In 1843, The Reorganized Fingering System for the Clarinet was successfully developed. This is the fingering system that remains popular today. The basic idea was to place the tone holes more acoustically correct. With an intricate system of keys and springs, H. Klose was able to produce a more in-tune and stable instrument.
Mozart wrote his first Clarinet Concerto for an instrument designed by H. Klose. The Mid-1800’S was known as The Romantic Era. The Romantic Era can be viewed as the period in which the Clarinet came into its own. With technical development in key-work, improvements in the dynamic range and intonation, the Clarinet has found a place and has become a prominent instrument in the genres of symphonic, operatic, band, chamber and solo work.
Features:
- Professional wood Clarinet
- Metal tenon rings & nickel plated keys
- Offset trill keys
- Key of Bb
- Poly-Cylindrical bore
- Adjustable MW designed thumb rest
- 64.5Mm barrell
- High quality case, mouthpiece,
ligature, mouthpiece cap, swab, and cork grease