Klarinet Archive - Posting 000313.txt from 1995/07

From: Jack Dannenberg <jackd@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Jim Fei on Bass clarinet buying/prices
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 1995 08:29:12 -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
> ******************************************
> Gerald Evoniuk
> Instrument repair technician
> School of Music, Box 870405
> Arizona State University
> Tempe, AZ 85287-0405
> (602)965-4502
> Fax 602-965-2659
> email Gerald.Evoniuk@-----.EDU
>

At the ICS conference in Flagstaff a few years ago I was told by Yamaha
that their Bass and Alto clarinets were made for them by Vito. Yes, I
do not have that relationship backwards, Japan subcontracted to Wisconsin.
I believe that Charles Bay also buys Vito Bass clarinets, reworks them and
sells them under his name. But we have already covered the problems in
reaching Charles.

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