Klarinet Archive - Posting 000753.txt from 1998/03

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Low B Bass Clarinet.
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 08:12:04 -0500

On Wed, 12 Mar 2098, Matt Hanson wrote:

> Since Buffet Prestige low C Bass Clarinets have the C on the wooden body and
> not the bell (with NO key on the small bell), I replaced the bell with a
> Leblanc bell.

This might be true for older Buffet Prestige Low C Bass Clarinets, but the
last two that I have owned have a pad on the bell that is closed by a
bridge lever activated by the right hand thumb.

Roger Garrett
IWU