Klarinet Archive - Posting 001042.txt from 1998/11

From: "Dee D. Hays" <deehays@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Bundy Eb
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 1998 22:15:30 -0500

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From: George Kidder <gkidder@-----.net>
Date: Thursday, November 26, 1998 11:10 AM
Subject: [kl] Bundy Eb

>Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 21:00:56
>To: klarinet.sneezy.org
>From: George Kidder <gkidder@-----.net>
>Subject: Bundy Eb
>
>Dee Hays wrote:
>
>>Well today I bought an old student, plastic (Selmer Bundy) Eb soprano =
>>clarinet that I saw in the pawn shop just for the fun of it. However I =
>>have two questions.
>>
><snip>
>>
>>2. If someone would recommend a reed brand and strength based on the =
>>information that on my Bb, I normally use either a regular Vandoren 3 =
>>1/2 or a Mitchell Lurie 4, I would appreciate it.
>>
>With the same instrument and a Vandoran 5RV mouthpiece, I have been
>easonably satisfied with Vandoran 3.5 reeds, although I have to trim the
end
>a bit to take the "buzz" out of them. I also use V12's 3.5 strength with a
>Hyte M43 on the Bb instrument, -->BUT<--, as many others have commented,
>reed choice is highly mouthpiece-dependent. In addition, in my hands a
>purchased reed is starting material for the reed rush and the clipper -
>almost all of them need some work.
>
>>So far, I replaced the one bad pad just to get it playing. Eventually, =
>>I will probably go through it just to see what I can do with it to bring =
>>it up to the best that it is capable of.
>>
>I have had mine for about a year now, and had a ball with it. Still have
>many unanswered questions, such as "Did these instruments come with
undercut
>tone holes, or has someone been in there with a file?" Mine is very touchy
>about minute leaks, and its hard to find the leaks on a one-piece
>instrument, since both your hands are busy closing the holes.
>>
>>Interestingly enough, my husband likes the sound of the Eb better than =
>>the Bb.
>>
>WHAT do you sound like on the Bb? Or is your husband a crumhorn fan?
>
>>Dee Hays
>>Canton, SD
>>
>George Kidder

Well all I can say is the members of the various community bands I have
belonged to really seem to like my Bb playing.

My husband plays sax so maybe that affects his judgement.

We have radically different preferences in performers. In country western
music I like Dolly Parton and he can't stand her. In opera, prefers
Pavarotti while I would take Domingo any day.

Dee Hays
Canton, SD

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