Klarinet Archive - Posting 000957.txt from 1998/09

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: Re: [kl] Basset clarinet lower joint
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 14:29:36 -0400

On Fri, 25 Sep 1998 07:53:53 -0500 (CDT), rgarrett@-----.edu said:

> On Wed, 23 Sep 1998, Tony Pay wrote:
>
> > Whether Buffet Crampon would sell you just the bottom joint of a
> > basset clarinet, I don't know. I don't see why not, but the price
> > might be quite high. In any case, you don't really need all those
> > keys: the simpler the better, for the basset notes. You don't need
> > to be able to toil about chromatically down there.
>
> Tony's advice is quite sound.......however, to answer the above
> question, I believe that Buffet's basset clarinet is a different
> overall design than the standard A clarinet - that is, the top joint
> is slightly different to accomodate the accoustical problems
> associated with the lower joint's extension. Therefore, I don't
> believe it is possible to purchase a basset clarinet lower joint from
> Buffet - and even if you could, it wouldn't work properly.

Actually, I once asked someone at Buffet a question about buying
something non-standard, and he said, "*Anything* is possible." So
the way to find out whether they'll sell you just a bottom joint, and
what the price would be, is (unsurprisingly:-) to ask them.

With regard to using the normal A top joint with the basset bottom
joint, I thought he said that someone else found their normal A joint
worked better? And that that person knew other people who found so too?

I haven't tried, or needed to try, but if I did, *I'd* be the one who
decided whether it worked or not. After all, the only way Buffet know
what works is by asking people like you and me.

Tony
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