Klarinet Archive - Posting 000675.txt from 1998/02

From: J & K Morgan <morgan@-----.com>
Subj: Re: pleeeeease help me!!
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 21:35:31 -0500

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My bass was stuffy - it is a student model yamaha. To improve, I would have had
to upgrade to a pro model - Instead, I contacted Peter Spriggs in Pentiction
B.C. We had a long and frank talk about what could be done to improve the
instrument. I took a chance and had a full blown professional overhaul on the
Yamaha - instrument is still a student model but it it plays like a dream. He
undercut tone holes as needed, changed some mechanisms, reset all the pad
heights etc.

Bass clarinets do not have to be stuffy and I only wish I had had it done
earlier. The instrument is now better than I can play and I won't need a pro
model for a while yet.

I realize this is not possible for a lot of people, but I am sold on the merits
of having your instrument overhauled on a regular basis.

Bill Hausmann wrote:

> At 08:16 AM 2/16/98 PST, James Foley wrote:
> >I'm playing as the bass voice in a clarinet quartet, opposite three
> >Bflat sopranos. It's a pretty neat sound, and should be even nicer once
> >I get the tone quality improved. Right now the clarion register sounds
> >stuffy. Is that characteristic of altos?
> >
> In my admittedly limited experience, yes. Same goes for bass. At least as
> compared to Bb soprano. My Selmer Paris alto was improved by getting the
> C* mouthpiece refaced, though.
>
> Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
> 451 Old Orchard Drive http://www.concentric.net/~bhausman
> Essexville, MI 48732 http://members.wbs.net/homepages/z/o/o/zoot14.html
> ICQ UIN 4862265
>
> If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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