Klarinet Archive - Posting 000248.txt from 1995/07

From: Gerry Evoniuk <Gerald.Evoniuk@-----.BITNET>
Subj: Re: Jim Fei on Bass clarinet buying/prices
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 1995 16:26:39 -0400

>I agree with Gerry except that in my experience I would stay away from
>Bundy bass clarinets. They do have a pretty good sound, but the
>mechanism does not stay in adjustment. Does Yamaha make a plastic bass
>clarinet? That might be the best of all worlds. I have been very
>impressed with the quality of their student models.
>
>
>Clark W Fobes
>

Clark is right about that too. The Bundy's keys seem to be a lot softer than
the Vito and the bridge key is VERY long so it has a lot of flex , making a
light touch adjustment there difficult. Also the Vito has tapered pivot
screw as opposed to cylindrical pivots making it very difficult to remove
endplay and yaw from the mechanism also making light touch adjustments
harder to achieve.

Gerry Evoniuk
Desert Winds Music Inc.
1889 E. Broadway
Tempe, AZ 85282

(602) 966-1180 Fax (602)966-1310
also
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School of Music, Box 870405
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 85287-0405
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