Klarinet Archive - Posting 000671.txt from 1997/03

From: Greg Barrett <gbarrett@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: LeBlanc Bass Clarinets?
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 14:28:03 -0500

Fred Sterns asked about professional-level bass clarinets:

In response: I have played a Selmer (is it model 33?) low C instrument
for almost ten years in chamber music and in various orchestras
(including substitute work in the Indianapolis Sym. O.) and have been
very happy with it. The biggest problem with this horn is the wide
12ths between E and b' and F and c'. I have had cork added in several
of these tone holes to bring down the pitch of the higher note in each
pair but the lower fundamental is now too low. If anyone has another
(better!) solution for this intonation problem I'd like to learn about
it.

Greg Barrett
Jacksonville State Univ.
Alabama