Klarinet Archive - Posting 000070.txt from 1996/03

From: Piotr Michalowski <piotrm@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Cheap bass
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 10:56:30 -0500

Please permit a different opinion. I started out on the Selmer USA (old
Bundy) bass clarinet and could not stand the keywork and the sound. The
workmanship was so sloppy that four pads had to be replaced immediately.
It may be that Bay reworks the instruments so that they are very nice to
play, but the one I had was a hinderance to musical development. Perhaps
the older Bundy's were better, but this instrument was a horror, and the
sloppy way in which it had been assembled was something to behold. I
learned a lesson from all of this...

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Piotr Michalowski Office phone: 313-764-0314
Dept. of Near Eastern Studies Fax: 313-936-2679
3074 Frieze Building Home page: www.umich.edu/
University of Michigan ~neareast/pages/faculty/
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285 michalow.htm
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

On Mon, 4 Mar 1996, Daniel A. Paprocki wrote:

> For a good cheap bass clarinet try the Bundy bass. Charles Bay uses the
> Bundy bass and does extensive modifications to it and sells it as his
> design for around $2000. He claims its second to any of the pro models.
> It's good but I don't know the availability or speed of delivery.
>
> Dan
>
> ******************************************************************************
>
> Daniel A. Paprocki
> dap@-----.us
>
> ******************************************************************************
>