Klarinet Archive - Posting 000421.txt from 1998/02

From: DGross1226@-----.com
Subj: Re: Bass Clarinet Necks -- Cheap but Effective
Date: Sun, 8 Feb 1998 13:45:06 -0500

In a message dated 98-02-08 07:59:31 EST, Clark Fobes:

<< If one has to pull out a one piece neck it may disrupt the vent key
connection.>>

Clark,

Not wanting to pay Charles Bay's prices for a two-piece, "tune-able" neck for
my 1950 Selmer Paris professional grade bass clarinet, and noting that the
horn was evenly sharp with virtually every mouthpiece I tried, I went to the
local hardware store and bought two 1/16" thick fiber washer "tuning rings"
from the plumbing supply section which fit the mpc/neck joint perfectly. Out
the door for 30 cents plus tax. Now had the horn been flat, I would have
probably done what the original owner of the horn did which was to machine
approximately 0.050" off the mpc tenon and shoulder. I have not noticed any
appreciable difference in timbre with or without the rings.

Don Gross
La Canada, California