Klarinet Archive - Posting 000301.txt from 1998/11

From: Neil Leupold <nleupold@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Fobes mouthpieces
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 19:32:21 -0500

On Tue, 10 Nov 1998, Michael Delceg wrote:

> Now if I can persuade Clark to part with his Selmer bass
> on my next trip back to the States....

It would be a wasted trip, I imagine. Most of the bass
players in the Bay Area have vintage bass clarinets with
all sorts of funky additions, modifications, and adjust-
ments made to them. I think Clark's is a Selmer 33, to
which he has doubtless made innumerable modifications
tailored to his hands and desired response. With so much
work put into that instrument, I imagine he brings it up-
stairs and sits it next to Clark Jr. every night at the
dinner table. It's not just a bass clarinet -- it's a
member of the family! Same goes for Don Carrol's old
Buffet, with that neato foot pedal for getting low C.

Neil

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